Day Two
Saturday, June 29 2002
We woke up at 8:00 AM and Scott cooked pancakes while Kimberly packed up everything
in the tent. We enjoyed a nice breakfast, took down our tent, walked to the
river and then we were off. We visited some of the "touristy" shops
in Cherokee, Kimberly had her picture taken with an Indian dummy, the same one
from the trip she went on as a child. We panned for emeralds and then went on
the the Oconoluftee Indian Village. We paid $12 each to enter. We went on a
1 1/2 hour guided tour. It was quite interesting. We took many digital pictures.
Kimberly plans to make a slide show for her students. We ate lunch at the Pizza
Inn and went to Blackrock Outdoor Center (Scott's Request). We then began our
journey up the Blue Ridge Parkway at about 2:00 PM. We stopped at many overlooks
and took pictures. We also stopped at Water Rock Knob. There was a sign that
said .5 miles trail to the knob. We decided to try it. Kimberly almost gave
up after 5 minutes. It was quite steep at first and then it became steep and
rocky! It was a long and hard trip, but we made it. Scott found the view breathtaking.
Kimberly didn't see the point, But I am proud that i made it! (We plan to purchase
walking sticks tomorrow in Asheville, NC. We arrived at Mt. Pisgah campground
at about 5:00 PM. We set up camp and then went to find Sliding Rock. We ended
up going the wrong way at first due to bad directions. We found Sliding Rock
and Scott convinced me to try it out. The water was freezing, but I did it.
I had a complete panic attack about 1/2 way down the rock. I survived but did
not go again. Scott went down two more times and then we left. Our next stop
was Looking Glass Falls. By this point I was cold, wet, and hungry. Plus the
battery in the camera died and we were unable to get the pictures we wanted
to get. This put us both in a bad mood. We may return tomorrow. We came back
to camp and had spaghetti for supper. We disposed of our garbage in the bear
proof containers. We then headed for the campfire circle to catch the end of
a talk on Cherokee Folklore. We enjoyed a fire and are now getting ready for
bed. Scott's downloading pictures from the camera to the laptop and is about
to blow our air mattress back up, the valve wasn't closed and we are now lying
on the ground.
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