Showing posts with label Carolinas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carolinas. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend Part II

Well, the Memorial Day holiday is officially over but my friend Dawn from NOLA is still here visiting and I’m having to work.

Oh well, we’ll do something tonight when I get off work.

The holiday weekend was fun and long! It included hiking, boating, fishing, hanging with friends and family and drinking a lot of cocktails.

As I mentioned in an earlier post we went to Brad’s parents house on High Rock Lake(45mins north of Charlotte) on Thursday night and stayed until Sunday morning.

Aside from hanging on the boats and jet ski we went hiking at Hanging Rock State Park. When we came back to Charlotte on Sunday morning we enjoyed a fun evening at our friends Stephan and Abbey’s house where they grilled and she cooked Pilipino egg rolls! Yummy!

Then Dawn arrived Sunday night and we all hung out for a bit.

Yesterday(Monday), despite the rain Dawn and I decided to go for a hike and what happened?? We got caught in a torrential downpour halfway up the mountain! Seriously…we just stood under a tree for about 15 minutes until it slowed down. We were drenched!

Then..last night we went and saw Ghosts of Girlfriends Past at this TOTALLY cool and trendy theater in Uptown Charlotte. It includes a bar, restaurant..more of a club than a theater! As for the movie – cute but wait till it comes out on video.

The one thing I realized from this weekend? Time to lose some weight. I’ve got only a couple of weeks until Beth’s wedding and it’s ‘go time’ on the healthy eating..

Well – that’s it for now – here are a few pictures from the weekend. Happy Tuesday!
The Stephens' lake house. They've done a great job with the yard now that they're living there fulltime!

Right after Brad did a cannonball.

Me fishing for the first time in 25 years. Still boring as I remember.

Baby Paige's first boat ride! She did so good!

Robyn driving the boat..

Brad and Reed playing in the lake..so cute!

The flag Brad's parents bought in honor of me..the wine lover :)

Dawn and I out on Sunday night..

On the top of Crowders Mountain after getting caught in the downpour. SOAKED!

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend Part I

Well, Memorial Day weekend isn't over yet but we're back in Charlotte and I'm back on my computer :)

Have you missed me? LOL..

We've spent the last 3 nights at Brad's parents lake house and had a blast. On Friday Brad and I went hiking at Hanging Rock State Park which is an hour north of his parents.

This was kind of a big deal kids! I've been there before but Brad and I have never hiked together before. I normally just go with my girls.

We did the Moore's Wall Loop trail - which is listed as strenous but I figured he goes to the gym and yes we were fine. It was 4.5miles and we got a great view on the top. Again, I've done this particular hike before but it was in Feb. and it was snowing when we got to the top!
This time was much different. Brad complained a bit because we saw 2 snakes but overall I think he had a fabulous time.

He called exercise with a reward at the end. I said "EXACTLY" :)

More pictures of my weekend later.. for now here's what you get!

So happy that Brad came with me :) The things that make a girl happy...

Having a snack atop Moore's Knob

The Rhodies were in full bloom!