Highlands, NC

Max and Lily and I went on our first vacation/holiday with just the three of us. It was lots of fun! We went to a town called Highlands, North Carolina. It is up in the mountains about 2 hours 15 mins driving from Atlanta. We stayed on the main street of the village, which was great to be able to walk straight from our room to the shops and restaurants. A short drive in every direction brings you to beautiful mountain scenery, with waterfalls and lakes. Lily was a hit in the village and made friends for us wherever we went.

Since Lily naps at 9am for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, it made perfect sense to leave at 9am and hope she would sleep pretty much the whole drive. We left a little later than that, and she only slept for half the drive, but she seemed happy enough so we were too! We did the same thing on the way back, and she slept for longer that time.

This was the pretty lake where we stopped for lunch. Well at least we fed Lily her lunch and we each had some Sprite. We had become pretty good with the self timer on the camera at this stage.

This was called the Dry Falls. Of course we got pretty wet walking behind it but it was worth it! We were interested to see how Lily would react to the noise of the water, and the spray, it was really loud, but she was happy as long as we were happy.

This was a pretty waterfall called the Bridal Veil. You can drive underneath it, it is right beside the road, and goes over the small side road that it is on. Some nice friendly bikers took our picture and even gave us back our camera.