Back in February, Camille and I continued her college search by visiting four schools in North Carolina and South Carolina. The trip was rife with […]
blue ridge: murphy trains
The Murphy River Walk not only ran alongside the river, it also ran along the tracks, providing us with even more to explore and photograph.
blue ridge: murphy river walk
Today as we were out on our way to a waterfall walk, we stopped in Murphy, NC, to visit the farmer’s market and see the […]
photo friday: My girls at LEAF
The girls and I had a lovely weekend at LEAF, now almost four months ago. I don’t know if and when we’ll return to LEAF, […]
photo friday: LEAF fun
While at the Lake Eden Arts Festival, we don’t just listen to music, look at art and eat, there’s also lots to do and time […]
photo friday: lake eden ARTS festival
ONe of the things I love about LEAF is all of the ART. Not just the artists’ art that is for sale, but all the […]
photo friday: Lake Eden
What does LEAF stand for, you ask? Lake Eden Arts Festival! And what about this Lake Eden? Well, it is the lovely centerpiece to the […]
photo friday: LEAF food
For our first trip to LEAF, I brought along all our camping cooking equipment and food. Through the years, I’ve brought less and less with […]
photo friday: cherokee, nc
While up at the cabin for Thanksgiving, I had hoped to visit a number of historical sites. In the end, we only visited a few, […]
photo friday: cherohala parkway
A few weeks back when we spent the weekend up in Blue Ridge, the whole family went out for a drive after breakfast. Even though […]
photo friday: lake eden arts festival (LEAF)
A couple weeks ago we haphazardly packed the car with camping equipment — as we are in the middle of a move, our stuff was […]
Photo Friday: Great Wolf Lodge
Almost three weeks ago (how time flies!), the girls and I headed of to Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, NC to start off our new […]
Staying: Great Wolf Lodge
A little over two weeks ago we started our new homeschooling year. To get the year off to a great start, we headed out of […]
Attractions: MagiQuest
A video game escaped from the computer and landed in the hallways of the hotel. Kids cooperated and assisted while working to complete their individual […]
Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF)
Last weekend, we headed out of town to just east of Asheville, for a weekend of camping, music, outdoor activities and, well, rain. We’ve been […]
LEAF with Kids
We returned from our trip to Texas for Austin City Limits on Wednesday evening, spent a day of absolute craziness on Thursday (work, 4+ hours […]
Photo Friday: LEAF
We returned from our trip to Texas on a week ago Wednesday evening and spent a day of absolute craziness on Thursday (work, 4+ hours […]
LEAF – day 3
The wind blew and blew during the night. What little sleep I had was not restful. In the morning we refreshed ourselves with some hot […]
LEAF – Day 2
We woke to a very, very windy morning. The night before, both ATMs were broken, so I didn’t want to spend the last of our […]
LEAF – Day 1
A crazy week, consisting of flying home from NYC, big deadlines at work, unpacking and packing. But then, Friday, midmorning, we were off again! The […]