Father's Day Part 2 - the hike!

Sunday we got up and headed to the Blue Ridge Pkwy.  One of my favorite places to spend an afternoon.

We stopped at a few overlooks for pictures as we made our way to the hiking trail.

Our hike was also one of my favorites, a stretch of the Art Loeb trail that takes you to the top of Tennent Mtn.

Because it was father's day there was no complaining allowed.  In a way, I was kind of surprised that the rule actually held up the entire day.  The weather was PERFECT for hiking and we slowly made our way up the hills to our lunch spot.

There were quite a few other people out on the trail and a good number of them were hiking with their dogs. This meant that our youngest daughter wanted to pet each one of them.  She knows that she can't just run up and start petting a dog without asking permission from the owner, but her friendliness was getting out of hand and we had to tell her she wasn't allowed to ask about the dogs anymore.   She did restrain herself pretty well but I could tell it was hard for her to do as she longingly looked at each puppy.

When we made it to the top of Tennent Mtn we had "lunch".   I use quotes because lunch was actually just a feast of snack foods.   Who's going to complain about that?

After lunch we headed back to the car surrounded by amazing views.

Near the end of our father's day hike I started to see one of the kids wearing down.  She came close to complaining but stopped at a minor whining.

The car ride home was nice and quiet as well.  Guess she was a little worn out.

No father's day tie could have been better than the trip my family treated me to in the mountains of NC.  We had a great time!