Hiking with Heroes

You can't possibly go to a place as beautiful as Gatlinburg and not go exploring. We decided to take a late evening hike tonight.

If there's one thing I've learned from my Pa, it's to always pack some heat.

I saw something that looked like a bear off in the distance and I'm a boy so...

Not a bear Ma!

B came with me and we beat it up just in case.

I think he was trying to pull a pied piper trick with his harmonica.

He played and played and played.

The trail got a little rough, but no matter for us!

We hiked about 2 miles. Mom did a little more because she had to go back to find B's harmonica at the top of a steep hill.

As usual, we had NO luck catching any of the zillion squirrels we saw in the woods. I thought it was likely due to the insane amount of noise we made, but we decided it'd be smart to blend in with our surroundings anyway.

See how well we did?!

Here's the same tree Mom took a picture in when she came with Dad last fall.

B lost his harmonica TWICE on the walk and it ended in a rainstorm. No matter though, Mom found it again the next morning. She was the hero of the day.