Last weekend, Michael and I had plans to spend Friday night at Mount Magazine Lodge. My friend Cindy and her daughter Katie were going to house-sit and, more importantly, baby-sit. Plans changed when Cindy spent the morning at the doctor because of chest pains. I asked her if my kids were that bad that just thinking about keeping them caused the chest pains. Ha Ha! All joking aside, we just wanted her to feel better. So, thanks to Papaw and Lin for watching the girls for a while and to MaeMae for keeping them overnight on short notice. Mount Magazine was so, so relaxing. This was my last year anniversary gift to Michael, and we just now found a weekend to go. For anyone just needing a night away, or for a place for a big family reunion, or a weekend with the kids to explore, this is the place! We had a room in the lodge, but they have cabins as well. Our room had a balcony overlooking the mountains. Funny story...I was outside on the balcony taking pictures Saturday morning, and the lady next door came out on her balcony. She got ready to go back in and had locked herself out. I don't know if her husband didn't hear her knocking or if he was just laughing inside, but she waited probably 10 minutes for him to let her in. :) Anyway, we walked on "Bear Hollow Trail" Saturday morning hoping to find a waterfall. No such luck, though! Michael found a little bit of water from a creek run-off when he got off of the trail a little ways. I was just thankful not to see any bears!
Here's a picture of the lodge and the waterfall at the entrance.
This is the view from our room. The clouds were so low Saturday morning.
This last one was taken on the trail we walked.
Of course, the girls were happy for us to return, but they did have lots of fun with MaeMae Friday night and playing with Drake on Saturday. We took them to their friend Allie's 2nd birthday party Saturday night. They had fun playing in Allie's new wagon.
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I really hate that we didn't get to spend the night with the girls. Hopefully we can do it some time soon. Glad it all worked out though. :) I wish I had a better pic of
ReplyDeleteBillie in her hoola get-up for you to post. She wouldn't stop dancing long enough when Katie was taking it so ours is blurry. Still cute though.