mountain adventures, volume two

Western North Carolina: Cataloochee Valley and Max Patch in the fog

Loved hanging with our friends at Camp Bethel and spending time in the mountains. :)

overlook in Cataloochee Valley

mountain adventures, volume one

*i started writing this about three weeks ago. In the last few weeks we've had to stay close, so I thought it would be apropos to revisit our adventures via my blog. :)

Since Father's Day, we've been adventuring into the mountains to enjoy the views, the air, the water... just... everything about them. I haven't been blogging too much lately, because I've been doing life, but right now my husband is talking on the phone and I thought I'd share some of the photos of our recent trips with you all. 

My big ole Canon has taken a backseat to my iPhone somewhat, so if you don't follow me on Instagram, you might miss some of our adventures. I am there a lot anyways, so come follow me. 

These next photos are from our Father's Day adventure. We went up to the Cohutta, off FS68 and just poked around. The big beautiful vista you see holds fond memories for my husband and I ... we saw a couple of sunrises there and he was going to propose to me here at sunset, except he got a speeding ticket and we missed sunset...

Enjoy the photos.

overlook off FS 68

Taken in North GA in the Cohutta Wilderness.

rocky top, you'll always be...

Last weekend, my little family joined all my aunts, their husbands, and my cousin and Grandmama for what is becoming our annual post-Christmas Christmas gathering. We went to this same cabin last year - The Old Mill at Dry Creek - near Smithville, Tennessee. You can read more about our travels to this wonderful place last January 2012 trip here and our Memorial Day trip here and here. 

After our trip, we swung through Camp Bethel in Waynesville, which is about 30-40 minutes West of Asheville, to spend the night with our friends The Stiggins and spend a little time with Richard. His lovely wife Karen was in an unfortunate accident riding the previous Thursday when their Polaris slid down the mountainside with Karen in it. It eventually rolled over Karen and she sustained some pretty significant injuries. Thankfully she was able to come home after a few days and we were able to see her before we left. We are praying for her quick recovery.  You can read more about Camp Bethel and previous trips here and here. We absolutely adore these people, their hearts, their true joy, life, and freedom they demonstrate can be had through living as Jesus asked us to live - sacrifically and for the well being of others. We love them and cannot wait to return. Of course, we were too busy visiting for me to get any photos this time.

As usual the Stiggins sent us home with something harvested from their land. This time it was about ten pounds of ground beef from the cows they raised last year. 

Here are photos from our trip.