Kathy and Kevin have been telling us about Highlands, NC every since we started our tour of the southeast region. With Jack on fall break and John burning some leave, we finally made it out there. We had lots of adventures....
First we hiked through Stumphouse Tunnel, an abandoned train tunnel in pitch black darkness.
Next we climbed behind this waterfall. If you know my fear of heights, you can probably guess how much anxiety I had to push through to do this. But, I'll do pretty much anything for the boys.
After our hike, we drove in to Highlands for lunch. We didn't go to any of the fancy restaurants because we have two young kids who were absolutely filthy from their morning hike, but we did find a yummy Chinese buffet where Luke ate his weight in red and yellow Jell-o and Jack did the same with noodles.
After lunch we wanted to take a short little hike to burn off the calories. I wish I had noticed that the trail went two directions and that John was taking us up the trail that said "More Difficult". It was an exhausting climb up the side of Whiteside Mountain, with a 750 ft elevation change in one mile. The boys, especially Luke, are billy goats. They made it look easy. It wasn't! BUT, the views were incredible, and it was such fun to spend time with the boys doing something they enjoyed so much. We found some half eaten blueberries, stopped to play in every mountain waterfall, and climbed and climbed and climbed.
And so our adventures have started from our new home in Greenville. Thanks, Kathy and Kevin for the heads up on this beautiful area.
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