Road Trip to NC a success! Lauren and I drove from Delaware to the mountains of Linville NC for Rob and Cora's wedding (friends from Hawaii).
We made it to our motel, The Pineola Inn. After unpacking we decided that we should enjoy a refreshing adult beverage while waiting to get ready for the evenings festivities. We drove down the street to a gas station, in which they sold no such beverages. They kindly instructed us to drive back the direction we came from and that we could buy beer at the Pineola Inn. If you recall from earlier...that's where we were lodging. We traveled the half mile back to our inn and found what we were looking for.
We enjoyed some tunes from our window and enjoyed the mountain air. We even discovered that the DJ for the wedding was staying at the same place, which turned out to be a good thing later that night!
All our Hawaii friends!Laura, Cora, me, Lauren, Ben and Rob
If it hadn't been for Rob and his coral colored pants, we never would have become friends. We had a blast playing corn hole and dancing the night away at the rehearsal dinner. We ended up catching a ride home with the DJ! Here's a shout-out to Mr. C's Mobile DJ!
Saturday morning we headed to Grandfather Mountain. First stop was at The Split Rock.
Next stop was the swinging bridge!
I was expecting it to swing a lot, but it really didn't. Mildly disappointing, but the views were fabulous. This was the same place that Rob proposed to Cora.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwtbi9po0A)
After the bridge, we decided to go on a little hike. This is the sign we saw as we embarked down the trail! And later that day when we turned around to head back...we passed people that warned us they had heard a bear. I'm also pretty sure we heard baby kitten mountain lions squeaking in the bushes. Just a guess.
The best part about the trail we picked was that it had ropes and ladders. That's me headed up one of the steep sections on a rope pull.
We had to squeeze through two giant rocks to get to this ladder and then several more rope pulls at the top. At the top of this ladder Lauren made sure to mention we didn't have health insurance and that I should be careful.
The wedding cake!
The groom's cake!
The wedding was outside with a view of Grandfather Mountain in the background. The weather was perfect and scenery was gorgeous!
Mr. & Mrs. Eidson
If it hadn't been for Rob and his coral colored pants, we never would have become friends. We had a blast playing corn hole and dancing the night away at the rehearsal dinner. We ended up catching a ride home with the DJ! Here's a shout-out to Mr. C's Mobile DJ!
Saturday morning we headed to Grandfather Mountain. First stop was at The Split Rock.
Next stop was the swinging bridge!
I was expecting it to swing a lot, but it really didn't. Mildly disappointing, but the views were fabulous. This was the same place that Rob proposed to Cora.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwtbi9po0A)
After the bridge, we decided to go on a little hike. This is the sign we saw as we embarked down the trail! And later that day when we turned around to head back...we passed people that warned us they had heard a bear. I'm also pretty sure we heard baby kitten mountain lions squeaking in the bushes. Just a guess.
The best part about the trail we picked was that it had ropes and ladders. That's me headed up one of the steep sections on a rope pull.
We had to squeeze through two giant rocks to get to this ladder and then several more rope pulls at the top. At the top of this ladder Lauren made sure to mention we didn't have health insurance and that I should be careful.
The wedding cake!
The groom's cake!
The wedding was outside with a view of Grandfather Mountain in the background. The weather was perfect and scenery was gorgeous!
Mr. & Mrs. Eidson Lauren and I also become good buddies with the minister, Randy!
Paying the toll of passage with a kiss.
Welcome to the Navy Mrs. Eidson! 
We had a yummy dinner and then danced the night away! I love me a Navy wedding (guess I need to find my own sailor!)!
Paying the toll of passage with a kiss.
Welcome to the Navy Mrs. Eidson! 
We had a yummy dinner and then danced the night away! I love me a Navy wedding (guess I need to find my own sailor!)!
