an early birthday treat!

I have been wanting to take Curt to Boone for many months. I spent 4 fabulous years there for undergrad and it is still relaxing to go back to those mountains. So Curt, ever my sweetie, took me camping in the High Country for my birthday. We left Friday morning and drove straight to Julian Price Park so we could set up camp. Then we strolled around Blowing Rock for the afternoon and ate dinner at Storie Street Grille (while we were still clean) - one of my favorite restaurants. Saturday morning was quite chilly so we purchased hot drinks to enjoy while going to Art in the Park - a summer/fall monthly art festival in Blowing Rock. Then we had waffle cones of pumpkin ice cream from Kilwin's for lunch and headed to Boone. We had a great time wandering around King Street, Howard's Knob, and ASU campus. That evening we had Bonzai burgers at Murphy's. . .can you tell I really just wanted to go the mountains so I could eat loads of yummy food?? By Sunday morning we were feeling all that yumminess and decided to get some exercise. We packed up and drove down the Blue Ridge Parkway so Curt could see the viaduct. I had heard there was a trail underneath it, but had never hiked it. We decided to try it out and it was beautiful!! Here you can see the bridge as it curves around the mountain:


Susan Ada getting attacked by the ferocious, and large, tree roots:


Signing off another great weekend (even if we are 3 days dirty):