Last Sunday after church we hopped in the van and just drove. We ended up on the Cherokee Foothills Highway. It was beautiful!
Our first stop was Table Rock Park. It is most famous for it’s Table Rock Mountain, but we are looking forward to enjoying the many hiking trails scattered throughout the park. We hope to get back to sample a few of them soon and enjoy some of the many waterfalls to be found.
You can see Table Rock Mountain behind the boys. It was a beautiful place. A serene lake, full lush forest, a nice open field right by the lake. You could almost imagine a Cherokee village being where we stood.
The lake was so beautiful. Tim said he could almost imagine what it would be like canoeing around the lake. It was so peaceful.
Jameson is a tree hugger!
We continued driving and enjoying. After missing a few turns we ended up in Transylvania, North Carolina. Tim then fired me as the map handler and I took over driving. After all the twisting mountain roads I was thankful to be driving as I was getting car sick.
We ended our adventure by driving up Sassafras Mountain. We drove straight up to the end of the road which landed us at the highest point (3507 fr) in South Carolina. The sun was just starting to set so the temperature was dropping rapidly so we didn’t hang long. Since the day was so clear we were able to see Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee from where we stood. We also had enough time to run around like crazy chickens all over the top of the summit checking out a few trail heads, before scrambling back into our car and blasting the heat!
It took a little bravado for the boys to sit here after we saw a Bobcat run off into the woods upon seeing us.
Jameson loved this grouping of trees. They had grown into a perfect little house. I could imagine hours of play in this home grown fort!
The boys were so happy when I finally finished taking pictures. You can read the joy on Johnston’s face when I announced this would be the final one….until the next great photo opportunity came along which didn’t take long.
We were so happy to be able to visit Sassafras Mountain on such a clear day. The view was so breathtaking! I don’t know if we will make it back up there since there is just so much to see and so little time, but it was well worth the frozen noses, fingers and toes!
Our first stop was Table Rock Park. It is most famous for it’s Table Rock Mountain, but we are looking forward to enjoying the many hiking trails scattered throughout the park. We hope to get back to sample a few of them soon and enjoy some of the many waterfalls to be found.
You can see Table Rock Mountain behind the boys. It was a beautiful place. A serene lake, full lush forest, a nice open field right by the lake. You could almost imagine a Cherokee village being where we stood. The lake was so beautiful. Tim said he could almost imagine what it would be like canoeing around the lake. It was so peaceful.Jameson is a tree hugger!We continued driving and enjoying. After missing a few turns we ended up in Transylvania, North Carolina. Tim then fired me as the map handler and I took over driving. After all the twisting mountain roads I was thankful to be driving as I was getting car sick.
We ended our adventure by driving up Sassafras Mountain. We drove straight up to the end of the road which landed us at the highest point (3507 fr) in South Carolina. The sun was just starting to set so the temperature was dropping rapidly so we didn’t hang long. Since the day was so clear we were able to see Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee from where we stood. We also had enough time to run around like crazy chickens all over the top of the summit checking out a few trail heads, before scrambling back into our car and blasting the heat!
It took a little bravado for the boys to sit here after we saw a Bobcat run off into the woods upon seeing us. Jameson loved this grouping of trees. They had grown into a perfect little house. I could imagine hours of play in this home grown fort!The boys were so happy when I finally finished taking pictures. You can read the joy on Johnston’s face when I announced this would be the final one….until the next great photo opportunity came along which didn’t take long.We were so happy to be able to visit Sassafras Mountain on such a clear day. The view was so breathtaking! I don’t know if we will make it back up there since there is just so much to see and so little time, but it was well worth the frozen noses, fingers and toes!
