Turning 31 in Asheville
Courtney posing by the trail during our hike
We started the third day of our vacation by celebrating Nicholas’ 31st birthday. What could be more fitting than a birthday hike? Nicholas and I headed out with Eisley in tow in the Baby Bjorn carrier. We started out on the Blue Ridge trail that connects up with the Mountains to the Sea trail, a 935 mile long trail that spans, well…you can probably guess the route. Our hike lasted a couple of hours, long enough for Eisley to get in a bit of a nap, and for us to take some pictures and admire the landscape. The entire hike was quiet with the exception of the wind blowing through the trees. We only passed one other person on the trail. Eisley did a great job and hung in for the duration of our walk, and we made it back to the cabin in time for lunch and a little bit of rest.
After regrouping we headed to a slightly different area downtown in Asheville and walked around to check out the shops. At some point during our outing, we realized that we had left the diapers and
Eisley sacked out in the Baby Bjorn well into the hike
wipes in the hiking backpack. It can be a scary feeling to be on the tightrope that is clean baby clothes without the safety net of diapering reinforcement. Back to the cabin we went to get the necessary items, and then we planned to go to dinner. Nicholas found a local restaurant that serves Native American food, and so for his birthday we were going to try it out. The restaurant has some very strange hours and it turned out that they are only open on a few days out of the week, Tuesday not being one of them. Luckily extra research had been done and we went to eat at an Italian/Greek place called Pommodoro’s. Our meal was nice and Eisley once again was great. We went back to the cabin and put Eisley to sleep (this took a couple of tries) and then Nicholas and I tried to use the hot tub. The hot tub itself was great, but we could never get the temperature very hot, and we equated the experience to sitting in a lukewarm bath tub. Not the best time when it is around 40 degrees outside. We had a good laugh about it and called it a night.
Happy Birthday Nicholas!
Happy Birthday Nick. What’s better than spending it w/such lovely girls?
— Tara
I laughed out loud at the luke warm hot tub. You guys are great sports…glad your first family vacation is going so well!
— Shea & Tommy Jones