Weekend in Lake Lure

We are back from Lake Lure. We had a wonderful weekend just being together and goofing off. Friday night we arrived around dinner time, checked into our room and then went in search of food. We ended up in town on the recommendation of one of the inn keepers at this Italian grille. The food was okay but the view of the lake was great.

Saturday we ate breakfast at the inn (omelets, fresh fruit, yogurt, toast, cereal, etc....). It was great! Then we headed out to Chimney Rock Park for some hiking. Now if you know us at all then you know that we are the LAST people on earth that would pick an outdoor exercise activity to do on an anniversary weekend but we couldn't pass up the chance to see the falls and earn some weight watchers activity points. We first hiked the trail that lead us to the base of the famous falls that were in "Last of the Mohicans". It was not a tough hike at all compared to what was coming my way. We had a good time with that and the view from the bottom of the falls was pretty. Then we walked up to the next trail which was a series of wooden stair cases and carved out steps from the mountain that lead to the top of Chimney Rock. Seriously.... I thought I might die before I made it. I got so hot and winded that I almost passed out. Josh was a trooper though and hung right with me. We finally made it up to the top and the view was well worth the hike. You could see most of the Broad River. It was beautiful. Then we ate up at the top (Josh made me work for my food) and then we just hung out before we took the elevator back down. I think our final elevation was just over 2000 feet.

After that we decided to take a boat tour of Lake Lure. We bought our tickets and spent the next hour on a pantoon boat with the tour guide telling us about the history of the Lake. It was very nice and relaxing.

Saturday evening we had hors' devours (sp?) in the main inn and then rested for awhile. Again that night we had dinner on the recomendation of the inn keeper. Mine was great but Josh's was less than desirable. After that we drove to the down town area to window shop and play mini golf. To our surprise the down town area pretty much closes shop at 6. The only places open were the mini golf place and an ice cream shop. So we did both. We had a good time and I almost beat Josh at mini golf. I only lost by 2 strokes. Maybe I should have been a golfer?

This morning we ate breakfast at the inn again. We had french toast and eggs benedict. I didn't like the eggs but the french toast was great! We checked out at 11 and drove home. It only took us about 2 hours so now we are doing laundry and catching up around here. I have loaded the pictures on my computer so I will load some at the bottom of this post for your viewing pleasure.

This week is going to be rough. My last week at the school, a cookout, a baby shower, 2 nights of CPR class and scheduling my summer kids. Whew... I need another weekend to get myself ready for this. I hope you all had a great weekend!

Josh on Vista Rock

View from the parking lot

View of the Broad River from Chimney Rock

We made it to the top!

On the boat tour