My husband had a business trip to North Carolina, and while he was there, he offered to snap up Dewdrop from her Asheville home and bring her to KS for Thanksgiving. Since he'd be getting her on her birthday, I couldn't miss the event and had to come along to celebrate with them.
Before we scooped her up, we spent a night in Raleigh and ate a fancy meal at the City Club there.
(That last photo might look as tasty as the others, but is a light fixture, not candy. And the first one? That is candy! Cotton candy pork belly appetizers, wowzers!)
And we had a scenic drive to Boone where we passed through some misty, Christmas tree farms.
We stayed at Banner Elk, with Rich's Mom and brother, at their mountain house with this pretty view.
It changed to this overnight! Even prettier.
After our zig zag trip from Raleigh to Boone to Asheville, we drove to Charlotte and visited a nephew and his sweet baby. They made our Dewdrop feel very special with some birthday surprises.
They even treated us to a night at the trampoline play place. I didn't think I'd be doing any jumping, but once I saw how much fun the rest of the group was having, I had to start hopping around myself, and bounced around for almost an hour and a half, hating to end when it was time to go.
This is my new favorite thing to do!
The next morning, our thoughtful nephew made some Mickey shaped pancakes to keep the party going for the birthday girl before we flew home to deliver her to her family who had been missing her for way too long.
We will be seeing her again at Christmas, and while I'm heartbroken not to have her daily, I'm very happy to be able to visit with our North Carolina relatives when we do the kid-switcheroo. It was a lovely trip.
Looks like so much fun! I love Asheville and the surround mountains. We’ve vacationed there a few times and been on brief trips a few others. I really want to see the Biltmore decorated for Christmas. I’ve seen it three times but not at Christmas!
North Carolina is beautiful! I think that trampoline fun might be good for your back! Dew drop is sure growing up and I know how hard it is to be so far away from our grands!