Eeyore on the Move

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, from Eeyore! (thanks for the costume Alyssa!!)

GSNP: Rainbow Falls

This was a pretty steep little hike up to Rainbow Falls. Isaac slept most of the way up, but had to nurse at the top. It was so cold by the waterfalls, but I guess you do what you have to do. He was such a good sport during the whole trip which included a lot of confinement for him (carseats, backpack, etc). Overall it was a great trip!

GSNP: Hiking

We had to walk up an interesting little rock-enclosed stairway on our way up to Alum Cave Bluffs

GSNP Part III: Fall Colors

We enjoyed the Fall colors in the Smokies, and were a little worried about all of the traffic we had heard about in the park during October. We seemed to miss it all though (thanks to our early morning alarm clock named Isaac). I wouldn't have believed the horror stories if I hadn't seen for myself the 5+ mile line of bumper-to-bumper traffic leading to the park entrance. Luckily, we were already on our way home!

Isaac can crawl!

GSNP Part II: Clingman's Dome Part I

These are photos from our Clingman's Dome 'hike.' You can park about 0.5 miles from the top and walk on a paved trail to a lookout point. Clingman's Dome is the 3rd highest peak east of the Mississippi. It was a whopping 6,000 ft or so. It was freezing cold and windy, but the view was spectacular thanks to the elaborate lookout point they constructed. I can't figure out how to make Picasa post more than 4 pictures at a time, so the rest of the pictures from that day will be in subsequent posts.


Mom by the parking lot overlook and Lance and Isaac on the Appalachian Trail.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Part I

This is why they are called the Smokies:


An old cabin at Cade's Cover:



My Mom's arm after she took a spill on one of our hikes. Lance and I were MUCH more concerned about it than she was. She seemed to think it was no big deal. It has been a week since she did it and now it is black and blue and still numb...

Sunday Stroll

My mom came to visit 2 weeks ago, thus the lack of blogging. We enjoyed a nice Sunday stroll when she got here on the Natchez Trace Parkway. We have enjoyed such beautiful Fall weather!

Bath Time

At least Isaac had a little fun after his post-4-day blowout.

Radnor Lake

Lance was in San Diego for the first part of this week, so Isaac and I took advantage of having the car for a few days. We went on a short hike around Radnor Lake (Isaac took his first ride in his new backpack). We saw lots of deer and some wild turkeys (I'll spare you the obscure photos). We also went on a bike ride out by the airport before picking up Lance at Shelby Bottoms Greenway. We had fun while Daddy was gone, but are glad to have him home!