Friday in Asheville

Today we got up, ate breakfast on the hotel's club lounge, swam, and then drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway to go hiking. Cait and Cullen had picked out a trail called Graveyard Fields, a fairly easy trail that went 1.5 miles out and back. The kids did as well as can be expected. Avery walked most of the 3 miles, and Zach walked about half of it. At the halfway point we stopped at a waterfall to cool our feet and relax for 15-20 minutes.

After the hike, and an hour's drive back to civilization, we went to Rosetta's Kithchen for lunch. It was an an all vegan restaurant, but they managed to create some amazing meals. The boys had cheese-less "macaroni and cheese" that was amazingly similar to its dairy-laden inspiration.

In the evening we had a big family dinner. We got to see Granny, whose health has been on the decline, as well as all of the Burke relatives who were able to make it, and also some of Eli's Mom's family (Aunt Sharon, Aunt Cathy, Uncle Alan, and cousin Emily).