Grandview Overlook on Blue Ridge Parkway and a Pumpkin Stop!

Today we headed out in Boone to check out the leaves and do a little shopping.  It was a rainy Saturday, but Sunday turned out to be beautiful day.

We stopped at the Grandview Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Earlier we also went to find the perfect pumpkin.
We stopped at BOOger Mountain Pumpkin Patch and chose a few good ones! It was a bit muddy.. but we made the best of it!

BOOger Hollar Pumpkin PatchThis is a local pumpkin patch located in the heart of Boone, NC.  Now open daily, weather permitting, with an attendant on site. Click Here for a map to this location, there is no website for this patch.

Tweetsie Railroad:

Went to the mountains this weekend and had a wonderful time.  We took a trip to Tweetsie Railroad. We have not been there since Savannah was still in a stroller. The kids really enjoyed the rides this time!  Activities:  We rode the train, had lunch, rode a ferris wheel, had dippin' dots, rode crazy rides, visited the deer park and fed the animals, walked around, rode the chair lift and of course we went gem mining!!
Everyone left with a little souvenir.  Special Day!

Link: to Tweetsie- Click here

Took it slow this weekend.  Visited Moses Cone and was pleasantly surprised.
It is a beautiful day trip.
Link: http://www.blowingrock.org/mosescone.html
From the virtual blue ridge site:  As one of the most prevalent historic attractions on the Blue Ridge Parkway, The Moses H. Cone Memorial Park is “historic splendor at its finest.” For this beautiful country estate we owe our gratitude to Moses H. Cone, a prosperous textile entrepreneur, conservationist, and philanthropist of the Gilded Age. Its centerpiece is Flat Top Manor, a gleaming white 23-room, 13,000 square foot mansion.

The house is now set up as a craft shop and has amazing crafts-- wood bowls, jewels, art and more.  

The view is worth the trip!  

 Here are the kids walking up to the Manor House

The view.. a little foggy.. but it was the camera I think!

Cascades Falls MilePost 272 on Blue Ridge Parkway

Link: http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/cascade1.htm  Today, May 24th- we went out to find the Cascade Falls!  We did it! It was a beautiful day with a breeze and we found this one easily!

View from the top!

Summer and Cooper think they are funny!

Cascades Trail!  

Savannah found the flame azalea! 

Savannah loved this trail!

Sitting on the bridge

The Falls

The kids climbed up the falls.

Exploring was fun!

Bass Lake MilePost 294

We spent the day walking around the trail at Bass Lake.  The link: http://docsouth.unc.edu/blueridgeparkway/content/883/ 

There was a duck family!

The kids walked down to the water area and a horse rode by.

There were some beautiful trees that were perfect for climbing!  Cameron, Summer and Savannah liked this tree the most!  

Tucker came out for the day!  

Cooper climbed this tree!