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We were able to leave the fly off the tent last night. What a beautiful view to wake up to. Cody was demonstrating, “the squirm is strong with him,” moments after his bright eyes opened.
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We woke up at our dispersed campsite and headed to a rest stop on the Cherohala Skyway to cook up our breakfast of porridge with a twist. The rest stop did not have picnic tables in the shade like we hoped it would, but we managed to get eat in the shade of the clouds as they rolled in. Scott brushed his teeth on the wall overlooking the valley.
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We hung out at the American Museum of Science and Energy today.
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ADRENALINE OVERLOAD!
We woke to the soothing sound of an acoustic guitar from our neighbor. After a breakfast of porridge with a twist we headed to canoe the Hiawassee River.
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ADRENALINE OVERLOAD DAY 2
Cody woke up and checked on Snaily, Jr. Snaily, and Mini Snaily. We found more smaller snails hiding on our picnic table. Scott took Cody to the creek on the path from our campsite. The kids worked on reconstruction of The Lost Creek. After cleaning up our mats, sheets, and sleeping bags I eased on down to the creek to see what they were up to. I caught a quick picture of Cody’s wet footprints as he scurried across the rocks. It turns out it is easier to catch a picture of his footprints than a picture of him.
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Cody was up at 5:45 which was much too soon since the campers a few sites down that joined us after we had gone to sleep were up until at least 3. The kids quietly amused themselves until 7:20 and then the giggling could no longer be contained. Brooke was busy with dressing and accessorizing her American Girl doll this morning while Cody was busy working on his Lego creations. Scott had checked on the towels we had put on the line from swimming at the falls last night. He said, “Nothing is dry. No surprise. This isn’t the west.” Brooke didn’t skip a beat and said, “West is best.” Score! Scott has been on a quest for years to get the kids to fall in love with the west. Then they can go to school out there and live out there long term. Then we can retire out there. (Lynn W. you are an inspiration!)
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A rooster crowed at 3:33, 4:44, and just kept on going hourly. I was thankful there was no crow this morning, like yesterday, answering back. Somewhere in the five o’clock hour I had nudged Scott and told him it was raining, so that he could help me put the fly on the tent. He responded, “I know about it. Don’t worry about it.” I was rather tired, and so I rolled over even with the slight water torture on my head every now and then. It turns out Scott did not remember the conversation at all. The conversation only came up because he was wondering why everything was slightly damp. We laughed about it later as it seems to be his default statement to cover all of my concerns. “I know about it. Don’t worry about it.”
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Scott thought a quick stop in Alabama to add another state to the kids’ map would be a fantastic objective for today. So after a delicious breakfast of French Toast and the most amazing showers we have had the entire trip (complete with temperature control and no need to press buttons to keep the water flowing), we headed towards Russell Cave National Monument.
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This was one of our favorite days, and not just because it was our fourteenth wedding anniversary, but because we hiked, canoed, and had an incredible dinner and evening together.
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I woke up at six and seriously contemplated a run, but thought I should give the family a little longer to sleep just in case I woke them in my attempt to sneak out. Then I awoke at seven with a vivid nightmare about Cody and I knew it was time to get up. I went for a run to the amphitheater, visitor’s center, down and a nature trail, and then to the historic entrance of Mammoth Cave. It was a nice perk to go near the cave entrance and feel the natural air conditioning coming out of the cave as I was sweating before my run even began at seven in the morning. We were longing for summer back at home. We found it!
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