Annual Blue Ridge Trip

Every year we head to the mountains to check out the colors and views of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Last weekend we ventured out to see how Annarose would do on a car trip, she was an angel of course. We really enjoyed our family day, although for the second year in a row the leaves were pretty dull. We have had a lot of droughts and it makes for a dried out fall. The day was beautiful though, gorgeous, blue clear skies.

Annarose liked her pack carrier, she enjoyed being snuggled with Daddy.
We stopped at a park and did a walkabout and let Sam explore. He ran, he climbed and he ran some more. There were these beautiful wheat fields everywhere, the pictures do not do it justice.



This lodge is in the park, and it had some vacancies. We had no idea it was there, and had tried to get a hotel for the night but had no luck. Next year, we are going to try and get a room. It is pretty rustic, no TV or telephones... but it sounds so relaxing to me. There is a porch that wraps the whole building and a stone patio with fire pit and view in the center of the building.
On Sunday, we headed to the pumpkin patch at the Farmer's Market to get our Halloween pumpkins. Sam was very excited and picked out one for each of us. Annarose was not impressed.