Kayaks & Trees

We spent last weekend doing a little more exploring.  Aaron had a meeting on Friday in Atlanta so we all headed down.  The kids & I wasted time at the mall and met Lou Lou for lunch while Aaron was in his meeting.  On the way home we stopped by Tallulah Gorge and Goats on a Roof.  The kids loved both places, especially the goats.  A kind lady bought some feed and had Levi feed the goats with it.  He was super excited about the whole thing. 

Saturday we went to the Nantahala Outdoor Center and watched the freestyle kayak competition.  It is amazing what tricks they can do with them.  Levi fell in love and now wants his own kayak (which we now have)!  He has been asking to go back ever since.  After the competition we headed to Joyce Kilmer forest. The forest holds some of the biggest trees in the east.  If you've seen a redwood you may not be too impressed, but they were quite big trees.  There has been some bad weather around here in the last year or so and a tornado took out some of the trees.  When we were hiking the trails we came across several huge trees that had been ripped apart by the tornado.  Unfortunately, the biggest trees were the ones that suffered the most damage because they are so tall.  We still got to see some big trees and enjoyed the hike.