Experiencing the New River........

This has been a very busy summer. At least once a week someone asks me, "Where are you going now?"

This summer did not start out the way we had planned but we adapted and moved on. A few weeks ago was our last official week of camps. I could have taken a week off just to recover from that. Instead my friend Stephanie (The Groupon Junky, LOL!!) and Phil bought passes to tube down a NC mountain. At least that is all they told me when the purchase was made.

However that isn't quite what it was. It was all day passes to get in a tube and float down the New River in Boone, NC. I had no idea what we were in for. I have to say I was a little nervous, I didn't know how safe this would be for the kids. I had visions of  spending all my time keeping them safe instead of enjoying myself. Again I was very, very wrong.

The weather was exquisite, the water was calm and shallow, it was the PERFECT environment for kids. If I tried to plan this day myself it would have been an epic fail. Instead we were given a gift beyond measure.

 

 

 

Once we got in the van that carried us further up the mountain and we entered the water I put the camera away. I was too afraid to take it down the river. Hindsight is always 20/20, I wish I had taken it. The water was calm but yet flowed just fast enough to enjoy every curve of the stream. The rest of the world did not matter, no cell phone, no one demanding one second of my time it was true perfection. I could hear the kids giggling and laughing, every time I looked over at Phil he looked like her was sleeping down the river; it was truly an awesome day.

 

When Phil and I chose where we wanted to live it appeared to be far enough away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Today that it not true since we used to be listed as the fasted growing county in the US. Now I can walk to the grocery store, hardware store and the gas station. Going up to Boone we were so far up in the mountains my phone stopped searching for signal because there simply was no signal, land line required as I liked to call it. The farms and the land were in their original, honest form, the way God made it. Needless to say I can't wait to go back.

 

 

 

Thank you again to Stephanie for being the Groupon Junkie and to Phil for always trying to find us a new adventure and making memories the kids will not soon forget. If you ever get the chance to try something new head up to Boone, NC until your phone can't even search for signal, take a deep breath and just savor the beauty in front of you.

 

TTFN~