Grandfather Mountain

All the kids at the museum on Grandfather mountain

Katherine, Elisabeth and Emily

Elisabeth and Katherine

One of the views from the swinging bridge area

May getting ready to go across the swinging bridge. It was windy and cold up there!

A perfect day in the mountains. The weather was awesome!

Hugging to keep each other warm

The lovely swinging bridge

Grandfather mountain (taken from the nature museum toward the bottom of the mountain)

We took May to Grandfather mountain today to the swinging bridge. I have been to Grandfather mountain for the Scottish Highland Games but have never been to the museum, animal habitat or the swinging bridge that is there. We went with 2 other families that are hosting exchange students. I think it was nice for the exchange students to be able to see their friends a little bit and speak in Mandarin for a while.

It was a perfect day to go to the mountains. There was hardly any humidity, the temperatures were cooler today and the sky was beautiful Citadel blue. The kids had fun looking at the bears, bald eagle, otters, cougar and deer that they have on the top of the mountain. Looking at all the animals made us tired so we took a break and went to the Fudge Shop to of course get some fudge and a caramel apple. Yum, Yum, Yum!! Then we drove to the top of the mountain to the swinging bridge. I don't know what was worse.....the very steep drive to the top with hairpin turns or the swinging bridge! Unfortunately I never got on the swinging bridge. Yeah...I know.....I'm afraid of heights and most people wouldn't think I wouldn't get on it at all but I actually wanted to walk out on it to see how far I could go and at least have my picture taken on it to show I had been there. But before I was able to do that Elisabeth fell and hit her mouth on a rock. She gave herself a big fat bloody and swollen lip and knocked her tooth pretty good. So it was all over for me......it was back down to the car to pull out the first aid kit. Oh well, maybe next time.

After that we took the scenic route home through the Blue Ridge parkway and stopped here and there at points of interest along the way. It was a fun but very long day. May was tired when we got home and so were we. I really hope she enjoyed her day and thought it was fun. I wish all days were as beautiful as today!

(I posted a few of the pictures I took but John had the good camera with him in Virginia and then I got sidetracked with Elisabeth's lip so my friend took lots of pictures for me and when I get them I will try and post more)