North Caroline Trip

Ok, this got put into three different posts, still have a hard time figuring out the order. Anyway, the next post has pictures of our trip to North Caroline to visit Grandma and the final post talks about John's connection to North Carolina.
While we kept our visits to grandma short each day as she gets worn out quickly and it does not take two 4 year olds very long to wear anyone out! (Believe me) we spent a lot of time taking in the local sites. One day we visited Tweetsie, the local amusement park. It is geared towards younger kids so no scary rides and it is a perfect way to spend the day in the mountains. Tweetsie is actually the name of the train that runs through the park and at one time it was a working coal burning train. Poor John got a cinder in his eye from the experience and we spent some time getting it washed out. It started raining pretty heavy in the afternoon so we headed back to the house. Later that evening we went to the outdoor drama, "Horn in the West,". John and his entire family acted in it at one time or another. The same people run it so John has a good time playing catch up with past cast members. We always make it through the first act and by that time it is 9:30 and the kids are ready for bed. (me too)
The next day we spent time hiking around price lake and then took a trip to Blowing Rock and let the kids play on the playground. We also made a trip to the Mast General Store. It is an old timey kind of store with a little bit of everything. The kids enjoyed some NEHI sodie pop while listening to a pickin party going on.
We headed home on Sunday. Unfortunatly I-40 was closed down due to a chemical spill and we were rerouted about 1.5 hours out of our way but finally made it home after 14 hours in the car. We were all getting a little punchy by that time. I'm ready to stay put for awhile. Today is my catch up day: catch up on laundry, cleaning, dog washing.....etc. but tomorrow is back to the work routine. Hope you enjoyed the trip.