Hiking on High Knob

High Knob is one of my favorite places back home. I have such fond memories of going sledding with my family when I was younger and flying down the mountain and crashing into a snow bank. My sister and I used to go up there with friends and hang out, and now I love to take the boys up there to go for hikes and explore some of the caves. They had a great time hiking and exploring and it had been so long that they really didn't remember any of it, so it was like a whole new experience. There's a place there called Flag Rock and it's literally just this rock that is out by itself with a flag in it, the boys were so impressed and wanted to know how that flag got there. I've hiked to it several times in my younger years but hear that it's illegal to do it now...so I guess they'll never find out how it got there. ha! You do have to go through several scary caves and it's a tough hike for sure. Here are some pictures from our adventures.

Trip to Norton in July

We finally got to make another trip back to Norton to visit family. We flew into Roanoke, VA and drove the 3 hours in to Norton because fares were so much cheaper that way. We've been away from mountains for so long (I mean honestly, Orlando doesn't even have so much as a hill) that when we were landing the boys were in awe! With all the clouds that looked like snow Hunter thought we had taken a detour to the North Pole. ha! We were all very excited to get to town and see family...and turns out they put together a little family reunion while we were there as well. Not all my cousins made it but I did get to see a few. We had a really great time hanging out. Here are some pictures of me with my tiny baby brother Adam, me and Aleisha with dad, me with all my cousins that got to attend, and my Mamaw with all the great grand kids that were there.