First Camp Out

Back at the beginning of September, Carissa experienced camping for the first time. Bella camped out with us too (and kept me up most of the night barking at random noises). 

Our Little Photographer

Carissa had some fun taking pictures along our trip. All her work tends to look the same though :)

Christina snapped a few nice ones too. 

NC Arboretum

One of our free afternoons at the worship leader retreat, we checked out the North Carolina Aboretum. 

They had a bonsai exhibit going on while we were there.

Carissa built her own bonsai.

Post #nwlr Fun Part 2

Our destination yesterday on our short trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway was Devils Courthouse. That's the rock outcropping at the upper left. It was a pretty steep, 1/2 mile hike to the top. Carissa actually walked quite a bit of it, but ended up on my shoulders the rest of the way (I'm submitting this to "Dad of the Year"). 

Carissa got a little tired on the way up (after riding on my shoulders most of that time), so we took a little break. 

With the help of our daughter, we actually got a picture of us :)

That's where we parked (in the lower right).

On our way back we stopped at a few places to take pictures of Looking Glass Rock. When it's wet or covered with ice, it shines like glass.

There was also a pretty nice looking waterfall that you could hike down to but we all pretty exhausted from our previous hiking trip.

Post #nwlr Fun

So, we've been out in Asheville, NC for the Vineyard National Worship Leaders Retreat (#nwlr). After we finished this morning we took a small trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Fall colors are just starting to set in here.

Someone didn't appreciate their picture being taken.

We ate lunch at a park near Mt. Pisgah. It was beautiful up there.

We'll post more photos of our adventure later.