Saturday, April 18, 2009

Linn Cove

Yesterday, most of us Smartini gals (save for Tempe, who was home cooking us dinner) went for a little hike in the woods. We drove down the Blue Ridge Parkway, intending to make to Linville Falls, but it turned out to be a little too far. We picked a random hike instead, which would be about 3 miles round. On the way there, searching for the little waterfall and just not knowing when it would appear, how much longer it would be, it felt like it took for.ev.er. We wondered, could this be it?

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Turned out, it was a little small.

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But we soldiered on, snapping a few group photos along the way: P1020979

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Then…we finally made it! Zoom in for loveliness, and see if you can spy Niki in one or two of these pictures from a long, long way up.

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And then somehow, the way back was a lot quicker. It’s funny how that works. We made it! Huzzah! P1020801 P1020802

4 comments:

almost anonymous said...

Looks like a fun hike!

mendacious said...

you look perfectly harmless and yet...

Andria said...

yay, I'm so proud of us!

Niki said...

Such fun! Wish you gals could've come along to Grandfather Mountain this morning - no waterfalls, but PLENTY of rocks to climb, which I know you love. ;)