panther girl (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} __insecteyes) wrote,@ 2008-04-09 22:10:00 |
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Day 1 of BFG's birthday - Grandfather Mountain:
I drove Brandon's car and picked him up from school and we went straight to Grandfather Mountain. Somehow I didn't think abouth Hank (the car) and how he's been strugglin' lately and took him up the mountain anyway. We got a good distance up when Hank had to stop, without letting us know and we had to pull over twice.....
The second time we were in an empty parking lot of a restaraunt called Pappy's. I got upset because I'm an idiot and then Caitlin wouldn't answer her phone. So I gave Brandon his yellow flowers I got him and we ate the lunch I made - sandwiches, peanut butter and celery, sweet tea, deviled eggs and homemade cookies. We decided to push Hank into the road, put it in neutral and see how far we could get down the mountain - 4 miles. Caitlin and Galen came and brought us the van so we could still go! Thank goodness for those two! It was perfect weather and we had an incredible time!!
I don't feel like typing the rest in paragraph form::
+ otters, bald eagle, bears, cougars, deer.
+ one mile high bridge / climbing on the mountain.
+ Natural Museum Daniel Boone tree carving: "D Boon kild a bar o this tre. 1775"
+ sweet old humming lady working in the gift shop.
+ $1 to get in during April.
++ Russian handmade brooch from the gift shop!
- I broke Brandon's car.
- I forgot my polaroid camera.
Cinnamon Bear!
Brandon on the mountain. ( The bridge was right behind us!)
I drove Brandon's car and picked him up from school and we went straight to Grandfather Mountain. Somehow I didn't think abouth Hank (the car) and how he's been strugglin' lately and took him up the mountain anyway. We got a good distance up when Hank had to stop, without letting us know and we had to pull over twice.....
The second time we were in an empty parking lot of a restaraunt called Pappy's. I got upset because I'm an idiot and then Caitlin wouldn't answer her phone. So I gave Brandon his yellow flowers I got him and we ate the lunch I made - sandwiches, peanut butter and celery, sweet tea, deviled eggs and homemade cookies. We decided to push Hank into the road, put it in neutral and see how far we could get down the mountain - 4 miles. Caitlin and Galen came and brought us the van so we could still go! Thank goodness for those two! It was perfect weather and we had an incredible time!!
I don't feel like typing the rest in paragraph form::
+ otters, bald eagle, bears, cougars, deer.
+ one mile high bridge / climbing on the mountain.
+ Natural Museum Daniel Boone tree carving: "D Boon kild a bar o this tre. 1775"
+ sweet old humming lady working in the gift shop.
+ $1 to get in during April.
++ Russian handmade brooch from the gift shop!
- I broke Brandon's car.
- I forgot my polaroid camera.
Cinnamon Bear!
Brandon on the mountain. ( The bridge was right behind us!)
