Ethellovestalking’s Blog

This is where we went Thursday- without kids! This is Raven Cliff Falls, in the Mountain Bridge between Caesars Head and Jones Gap, SC, near where my family is from. The hike to the viewing area was about three miles roundtrip, and it was nice. No climbing or hanging off of sheer rock faces, which were requirements for me if I was going to hike anywhere.

The falls were WAY across a gorge, but the conservancy had built a gazebo and deck for hikers to hang out at and enjoy the views across the way.

Along the way, Husband Dear found this nice rock for me to scramble out on for a picture. Sorry we are so far away- there are only so many places to put your camera for a timer shot. We really had a nice time without the girls whining and complaining about the day’s activities.

Here is my latest camera obsession, probably caused by looking at too much nature. This is a wonderful hobbit hole I found along the trail. At first, we were looking at the weird shape of the tree above the hole (see?)- but then I noticed the perfect hobbit house underneath the weird shape, so I had to take a picture of it. So there. I’ve shared my hobbit hole sighting.

Mountains are my favorite places to go. Beaches are nice, but they are nowhere near as beautiful as mountains. This is Table Rock, in Upstate South Carolina. My family’s land was in a valley between Table Rock and Caesars Head, so that either way you looked , you saw mountains. Dana and I drove through Table Rock State Park after we went hiking, and I couldn’t resist taking stopping and taking a picture.

This is the tiny hotel where we spent the night. I won’t lie- it’s not the most wonderful place on earth. It had a clean shower and satellite. There is a story behind it though… 13 years ago we were tent camping at Table Rock with our friends. Each couple had a small dog as well. Now, it started to pour, to the point that the tent was floating up from the stakes. We packed it up, loaded the dogs and went looking for a place to stay. This little hoteis all there is up there. And it only has four rooms- W,X,Y,Z. Our friend was amazed, in a real bitchy way, that a place with only four rooms chose the end of the alphabet to name them. I was just glad not to be sleeping in a wet tent. So the four of us plus the two dogs piled in this room for the night. We all had to take showers in the shower that was out in the open room, which upset Husband Dear dreadfully. This time there was only the two of us- no friends, no dogs… sort of boring comparatively.

Anyway, we are re-adjusting to our real life- with kids.  It’s nice too, I reckon. Louder and more frenetic, but normal for us.