Hiking is one of our families favorite things to do! Getting out into nature and exploring different landscapes is such a great learning experience and a break from everyday life where we are bombarded with technology! Living in North Carolina we are very close to the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. If you’re a regular follower…
Mast General Store, Valle Crucis, NC: Blue Ridge Parkway Our kids have been on Spring Break so we decided to head to the mountains and spend the day in some of our favorite spots. One of them being Mast General Store as well as The Cascades Trail. If you’ve ever traveled along the Blue Ridge…
Our kiddos were on Spring Break this past week – we were planning on heading to the coast but there were bad storms all weekend so we decided to head to the mountains instead. We’ve spent so much time along the Blue Ridge Parkway (we’ve completed the entire parkway, 469 miles – and repeated a…
We are very fortunate to live in a really great area that’s close to the Appalachian mountains. Since my brother-in-law was in town visiting we headed up to enjoy some hiking and fun family time. We first stopped in our favorite little mountain town, Blowing Rock, NC and ate at our go-to restaurant, Six…
This past weekend for Mother’s Day we headed up to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains to Mt. Mitchell, NC which is in Pisgah National Forest. Six years ago this was the very first hike we took Little Finch on – we traveled up from GA (where we lived at the time) and hiked it as…
Visit Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show in real life! Located in Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy NC the museum is home to the largest collection of memorabilia from his childhood and career in movies, television and movies. We traveled the entirety of the Blue Ridge Parkway, also known as America’s Highway that run…
We traveled the entirety of the Blue Ridge Parkway, also known as America’s Highway that run from Virginia to Cherokee, North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Parkway is 469 miles that highlights some of the state’s most scenic views, with the highest mountain ranges being in North Carolina. Day 1: Hitting the Road! Day 2:…
We traveled the entirety of the Blue Ridge Parkway, also known as America’s Highway that run from Virginia to Cherokee, North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Parkway is 469 miles that highlights some of the state’s most scenic views, with the highest mountain ranges being in North Carolina. Day 1: Hitting the Road! Day 2:…
Monticello is the autobiographical masterpiece of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. Monticello, located just outside of Charlottesville, VA, was Jefferson’s primary plantation that he inherited from his father when he was 26…