A Spontaneous Sunday!

After sleeping in on Sunday because of staying up so late on Saturday, we had a church service at home.  We didn't have firm plans for that day, but were thinking of tubing.  The campers had wanted to go to sliding rock again, but we didn't want to drive to the mountains one day and then Carowinds the next.  I had a thought to look up hotel prices and found a reasonably priced one in Charlotte. At the last minute, we decided to head to the mountains for the day and then spend the night in Charlotte.

We packed quickly and left around noon. Our first stop was mine and mom's favorite pottery shop, Mud Dabbers in Brevard, NC.  While the women shopped for pottery mushrooms, totem poles, and bacon cookers, the campers played in the stream behind the shop.  They had a great time following the stream through the tunnel and under the street.  It is just plain fun playing in the mountains!

 We left Mud Dabbers and made one more stop before Sliding Rock...the Ranger Station and gift stop. Last year the campers wanted "I survived Sliding Rock" shirts, but the gift shop closed before we could get there.  We were not making that mistake again!

Sliding Rock was crowded when we arrived, however, the line was not too long and it went fast.  The campers all went down the rock 4-5 times!  Grammie went down once and Amy and Jennifer went down twice.  Let's just say that Amy should have stuck to going down it one time!!!

Josiah and Declan

Amy and Jennifer coming down the slide

Camden and Ashton

Declan and Josiah

Nathan helping Grammie get started!

Grammie in the purple tank and Nathan on the left

Nathan hitting the water

Nathan helping Grammie out of the water

Camden hitting the water

Declan hitting the ice cold water

Josiah coming down

Ashton and Camden

We left Sliding Rock shivering, but having had a good time.  Dinner was our other tradition (GC and the Shirley family) at Hawg Wild BBQ.  They have great corn nuggets and fried pickles!!  And we topped off dinner with ice cream at Dolly's!

Lincoln's ice cream melted quickly!

Everyone loved the ice cream!!

We then hit the road and headed to Charlotte in order to get some rest before our day at Carowinds!!