Grandfather Mountain

This weekend Kenyon and I went to Grandfather Mountain (a local attraction) with some friends from church - it was dollar days for locals. Dollar days happens every April and December. Some of the attractions are an animal area where you can feed black bears, look at deer, a cougar or injured bald eagles. But the thing most people go for are the hiking, there is a hike on the profile of the mountain - pretty treacherous, but lots of fun. There is also the mile high swinging bridge. This bridge really is a mile high, positioned between two mountain peaks, while you walk the wind blows it. Kenyon was leaning over the edge saying, "look at that!" I wasn't quite so brave, I thought I did pretty well just walking across it. The views were spectacluar! I wanted to point out the good things about the part of the country we now live in, it may be small, but it certainly is beautiful. As we were standing on the edge of a rock on the other side of the bridge looking out at the Appalachian Mountain ranges and other scenic views, Kenyon said, "Kansas City doesn't have anything like this!" True, so true. I do love the majestic mountains.