Our family spent a lovely week in Lake Lure, NC. We stayed in a beautiful cabin with my Dad and step-mom, Jeanne. The cabin was in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and on a little 12 acre lake. It was a lovely spot to take a break from routine and enjoy family time, nature, and lots of bike riding.
Our first full day was rainy. But, Aric and I enjoyed our first bike ride through the beautiful countryside. It was so fun. The hills were huge - some over a mile of climbing - but then you reach the top and the views were so beautiful. Then, you get to fly at 40mph down. SOOOOO fun. Since it was raining, we just hung out at the cabin for most of the day.
On Monday, we went over to DuPont State Forest - about an hour drive away and SOOOO completely worth it. It just became a state forest in 2003 and in a 4 mile hike, we saw 3 of the most beautiful waterfalls I've ever seen. The first one was a short .75 mile hike from the parking lot.
Here we are along the way - the kids just loved hanging out on rocks along the river.
After hiking back to the parking lot, we headed to see 2 other waterfalls. The hiking was so beautiful and the trails were lightly travelled, which was very nice.
The "Tripple Falls" was the first waterfall we came to on this trail. I was amazed. It was stunning.
What made these falls even more fun was that there were trails to climb down to the falls and walk on the rocks . So, we hiked on down.
After spending time by the water, he headed further up the trail toward our final waterfall of the day. Again, it was just so beautiful, and we could climb down and feel the rush of the water on the rocks below. Very cool.
We have so many more pictures - but these are some favorites. We all enjoyed this amazing. day.
Stay tuned for the next posting... it was a fantastic week with a ton of fun pictures to share.