Wednesday was an eleven mile early morning bike ride through Cades Cove. We parked at the picnic area because the other parking was full. As we were coming out of the picnic area we saw another black bear. The bike ride was a little more strenuous then I had anticipated. We saw another black bear at the end of the bike ride at the bike bear jam. We then had lunch and did a 5 mile hike to Abrams Falls. Definitely an aggressive day for two out of shape people. We saw two more black bear on the way out of the park. That is 7 if you are counting Batista.
Thursday morning we did Chimney Tops hike which was unbelievably hard on my lungs. At one point I think I had to stop about every 3 yards to catch my breath. Another strenuous 4 mile hike straight up the mountain. We then drove over to New Found Gap - hiked the Appalachian Trail and headed over to see if we could see some Elk. No Elk - they were in the middle of construction on a new welcome center. But they had an Ole' working farm homestead which was interesting to walk through. Then over to Sugarlands for another short hike.
Friday we stayed at a B&B in Weaverville just outside of Asheville, NC. We walked around downtown Asheville, the Biltmore Village and through several Antique Stores. We enjoyed the B&B and will definitely do that again. It would be great to have a group of the Braun's all stay at the same time and over take a B&B.
We arrived at Rick & Cherie's Saturday afternoon to Rick grilling a feast. Cherie had to close that night, but Jennifer & Adam came for dinner and we had a great time with good food, nice talk & great company. We went to see Jen & Adam's place Sunday morning and then to the Fair Grounds where I bought an old fashion hand water pump. Then back to Rick & Cherie's for another fabulous dinner. Tomorrow we head out to Charleston for a couple of days.
That's all for know. Here is a link to some pictures. http://picasaweb.google.com/braun.barbara/August2010GBExcellentAdventures?authkey=Gv1sRgCN73wN3e9Zq9pwE&feat=directlink
9 comments:
Wow, sounds like you guys are having a great time. I'm going to check out your pics right now. Makes me want to go on a vacation.
Great pictures Barb. I'm really jealous now. I want to go on a vacation like that.
wow! you guys are really having fun
I'm jealous..ENJOY!!!!
OMG, I got tired just reading your BLOG, Barb. How do you do all that?? I'm definately jealous.
I went to a concert with the girls last night to see Heart. Melissa got some awesome tickets from a customer so she shared them with me and Christy and Sara--a good friend. Melissa bought a loaf of french bread, cheese, crackers and hummus and 2 bottles of champagne.
When Melissa got to Christy's she asked if I remembered how I gave them (Christy and Melissa) their first concert tickets. I did not remember how. I did remember it was to Cindy Lopper. Anyway, Melissa said the tickets were attached to a headband. So she bought us all head bands to wear and had our tickets tied to them. The three of us had not been to a concert since Madonna in 1987. I took them to see Cindy Lopper in 86' and Madonna in 87'.
Anyway, we had a wonderful time and are now planning to go see Blondie next week.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHERIE!!!!!
Oops! Happy Birthday Cherie!
Happy Birthday Cherie!!
Oh, Mary I love Blondie. Have a great time!
Hey Barb, is that a picture of the back of Gerry's "BALD" head (#49)?
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