Tuesday, May 3, 2011

North Carolina Visit

Right after Easter services, we left for North Carolina to spend a week with Erin and family. We stopped in Charleston, WV for the night and woke up the next morning to fog and slight drizzle. In spite of the weather condition, we decided to alter our itinerary to divert to Hawk's Nest, a state park that holds a fond significance for us. By the time we got there, the fog had lifted quite a bit so that it produced a spectacular backdrop to the gorge.

Our time in NC was spent doing Erin's honey-do list. And believe me when I say there were many honey-dos to do! Deke rebuilt the banister railings on each side of the entrance to their front porch, rebuilt and replaced all but one screen in the house windows and doors, repaired the tub plumbing, made 44 million trips to Home Depot etc. Erin and I painted the upstairs hall and the living room/playroom . Erin did most of the trim work. In between times, we celebrated Sugar's 2nd birthday, shopped, ate frozen yogurt, ate at a fabulous Chinese restaurant, went train watching, and one of us learned to ride a two-wheeler! It was a jam-packed week of frenetic activity. What bliss!




Hawk's Nest









A sweet little Sugar's 2nd birthday









Opening gifts




Watching G-Pa at work









Help me, G-Pa!




Where is he?




Whee! I can do it!





Not another picture!




Well, OK! How's this?




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Loved Hawk's nest. Did you stay long enough to see the coal cars cross the bridges? Brought great memories! "O"

Keeping Up With the Joneses said...

Nope. Did not hang around for a train although you-know-who would have had there been more time.