North Carolina Camping

Well, it has been two months since I posted anything--shows you how exciting my life is right now. All I do is work. We finally did something fun--we went camping. We went with the Lerchs up to Brevard, NC. The first night we got started late, so we stopped at a hotel in Greenville. Then we got up in the morning and drove up to our campsite. It is in Pisgah National Forest, which is beautiful! It was about 10 or 15 minutes away from sliding rock, and about 10 minutes from downtown Brevard. After we got settled in the campground, we went to sliding rock. I was all for it until I stuck my toes in the water. It was soooo cold! I chickened out and just watched everyone slide down. They had a great time. Then we went back to the campground and cooked dinner and sat around the fire and made smores. Instead of having plain Hershey's chocolate, we used Reese's peanut butter cups. That was delicious! It started raining, but we still sat around the fire making our smores. Finally it started pouring and we ran into the tent! I didn't mind though. It made it more memorable. The next morning we got up, ate breakfast, and packed. Then we drove into Brevard and walked around downtown for a little while. It is such a cute little town. They have the coolest toy store there. It was two stories and pack full of every toy you could imagine. Then we drove over to our rafting place. We got there just in time for the last rafting trip. They dropped us off at the river with our tubes. At first the river was freezing, but then after a few minutes we got used to it. It was a pretty calm river--I thought there would be more rapids--but it was still fun. It was raining that day too, so we debated going on the rafting trip, but we decided we would get wet on the river anyway, so we did it. Right after we got started on the river, the rain cleared up and the sun came out. It turned out to be such a beautiful day. By the time we got done, it was starting to get late. We started heading back home, but stopped in Sapphire Valley and had a picnic dinner. That place is beautiful! I love the mountains in North Carolina. They have such a unique beauty about them. We had such a good time on the trip and can't wait to do it again. I posted some pictures of the area and will post my own pictures soon. Troy and I decided not to bring my camera because we didn't want it getting messed up, so we bought a little waterproof disposable camera that we didn't care much about. As soon as the pictures are developed I will post them.