Day trip to the Monuntains

We drove up to the mountains this weekend to see family and the beauty of the mountains in the fall. The leaves were changing some, there was still a good bit of green. In a few weeks they will be bursting with fall colors. There is nothing like going to the mountains in the fall. We took over 100 pictures while there, in fact our battery died and we couldn't take any more. :( Here are just 5 of those pictures we wanted to share with you.

The Family

Wes put our camera on top of the car, set the timer and ran to get by my side.

Not a bad picture...right?

Rachel enjoyed standing against this old wooden fence.

I know he would deny it but, I almost lost my husband on this shot. He was on the other side of the fence. (side note: they have these fences so that people won't go on the dangerous side.) He was moving over to get a picture of Rachel and had a balance check right on the side of a rock that lead to nowhere. It really got my heart pumping.

Watch out Baby Gap models!!

Rachel had been confined for a long time between the carseat and stroller. So we bought a blanket and stretched our legs on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Wes took Rachel to this tree to let her play around. Of course this was a photo opt. This is when the battery died in the camera.
After the parkway we went and saw Wes' uncle and cousin. Rachel fell in love with their lab puppy. She screamed, laughed, and chased that puppy all over. The puppy, Shelby, wasn't to sure about this. In fact I think she was a little scared of Rachel. Someone needs to tell that puppy we'll be back at Thanksgiving. Yikes! Poor Shelby. We went to eat dinner and then hit the road and headed for home. I did make Wes fill up our gas tank on the way home, Half way home we found gas for $3.56 a gallon....what a deal! My how times have changed.