Sunday Picnic

Last Sunday was so much fun! Luke and I decided that we would spend one day of my weekend off (hooray) hiking on Skyline Drive. So, of course we invited some friends along! Abby, who finally moved in to the burg, and Katie and Jeff. You might remember Jeff from The Cinnamon Challenge, turns out we did not scare him off to bad and he wanted to hang out with us again! YAY!

Anyway, we packed an awesome picnic on Sunday: turkey sandwiches, chips, watermelon, apples, and diet cokes (duh). The weather was looking right and church was amazing as always. BUT as soon as we got out of church the sky started getting darker and darker. By the time we got to Katie's house it was POURING and we thought our day on the trails was over...we just threw our towel on the floor and decided we would have a picnic no matter what:

Katie even got out here umbrellas for us to put in our diet cokes :)

So our picnic was not quite as scenic as the picnic table we pictured on the overlook...but we of course we had a blast.

After spending sometime eating, we decided we would try to hike anyway (even though the sky was looking pretty dark on our way up the mountain). But, just like Luke said, it cleared up just as we were parking for our hike. We ended up going a few miles to Dark Hollow Falls and saw a beautiful waterfall!

And as always when you are on the trail, there is always an interesting route to get to the safest "bathroom":

We came prepared for a water hole, but there didn't seem to be one...and I was upset. To make me feel better, Katie decided she would get in "up to her knees" in the little hole of water we found along the trail. Too bad she slipped and went in a little farther than planned! I told her it made up for the night we went out to sing karaoke and she didn't sing (which is a fun night I will have to write about later).



After a long and steep walk back up, we got in the car to head home. But, we had to stop (like true tourists) and take some pictures of the beautiful deer we saw in Big Meadows.


I am so glad that the Lord gave us Sundays to take a break from life, work, cleaning, etc. and we can enjoy his creation on a hike with amazing friends! I can't wait to head back to Skyline in the fall...it is SO beautiful!