Tuesday, October 20, 2009

My Initiation to Become a North Carolinian

In an effort to embrace my new home state and impress my husband and his crazy brother, I agreed to camp out in the sub 30 degree, windy Boone weather. Ok ok, camping was my idea, but that was before I knew there was snow in the forecast! The decision was made and there was no turning back. With my new cold weather head gear and fierce determination, I set out to prove my stuff. Once the fire was going and the promise of a very high tech sleeping bag was only a few steps away, I was content in my foreign surroundings. We stood around the fire and told stories and Jason shared some of his experiences from when he through-hiked the Appalachian Trail. SO MUCH FUN!
About 10:30 the snow was coming down in a flurry, but we couldn't really see if it was sticking...
Jason has some mad skills with night time camping photo taking!


Love these two pictures!


In the morning we awoke to a magical winter wonderland! That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it was beautiful to me. I unzipped our wonderful Mountain Hardware tent (Thank you Ma, Papa, Mom, and Dad!) to discover a little dusting of snow around the perimeter. Jason quickly handed me a snowball and started taking pictures. Patrick was not so eager to wake up and unwrap himself from his cozy sleeping bag.






So, I survived! It's official - I am a North Carolinian (since my NC driver's license clearly was not sufficient)! Next up - hiking to the top of Table Rock and camping up there... Apparently that takes the cake when it comes to snow camping around here.
p.s. I can't wait for everyone to come up here for Christmas, New Year's, and Judah's birthday!!!! We've ordered SNOW, so unless it turns out like my bridesmaid dress for Lindsey's wedding, we should be Golden!