Who would have thought that friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma would both move over 1,000 miles away and end up so close to each other again? Well, that is what happened for the Hillikers and the Minks. Our dear friends moved in October of 2009 to Asheville, NC (one of my favorite cities!) and we joined them just 8 months later and only 4 hours away! Since we felt settled in now, we decided to take a quick weekend trip to go see them....
It was a last minute (that afternoon) decision and Tim already had plans to go to a football game that Saturday, so it was just Jess and Joey that showed us around. we went downtown for a little shopping trip..
Headed back to the Hilliker house for some lunch, and then we went up into the Blue Ridge Mountains
Found butterflies..
And then went to Sliding Rock. The boys watched...
As we did this...
Yes, this is a large rock formation in the middle of a mountain spring that has been smoothed over by the constant water movement into a slippery water slide and then an ice cold pool of water. It was excruciatingly cold and AWESOME all at the same time. Stone really liked watching..
After the excitement and exhaustion of sliding down a huge rock on your bum in an ice cold mountain spring, we decided to play in it for a little while...
We all had a blast..but Jessica had more in store for us..she took us to Looking Glass Waterfall...
We had never seen a waterfall like this before. It was one of the most breathtaking views in my entire life. Lenny was brave enough to swim and crawl behind the waterfall and then posed for a quick shot with our beautiful Sydney. Jessica had filled us with quite a day, but she wasn't done. We cleaned up at the house and headed out for a dinner picnic at the Biltmore Mansion!
Can you believe we did all of this in one Saturday?!?! Jessica sure knows how to be a Hostess. We can't wait for the Hillikers to come and visit our Beach town. Thanks Hillikers!!
