Eric and I are in Banner Elk North Carolina for a wedding. We have rented a house with Eric's parents, Aunt Jean, Uncle Rick, Sister Cindy, Niece Hannah, Nephew Henry, Cousin Cass, Cousin Riley and Cousin Abby. It's crazy hectic and super fun. Our place is amazing. It sits on the side of a mountain and has great views. Yesterday we all piled into 3 cars and drove 20 minutes to Grandfather Mountain. Our first stop inside the park was the animal habitat. We watch...

The last couple days of our road trip were pretty mellow. We had a Pretty lazy morning on Wednesday in Cripple Creek. We all slept in and decided to take our time packing up. We had a beautiful deck on our cottage that overlooked town and the weather was gorgeous. We spent some time relaxing and enjoying the view. As we were packing up the van Lesley noticed That there were four donkeys on the steps of the church across the street. Apparently there is a pack of ...

Hooray…….Zip Lining. Today we had no problem getting up and getting going. We actually got the van packed and we pulled out of the hotel parking lot early. I guess we were a little excited. We had a 9:30 zip line tour scheduled. After a little confusion our guides Ben and Riley came and got us at around 9:50. They took us over to an area where we got geared up and they immediately started cracking jokes with us. We instantly liked them. We got into o...