We have been talking about doing a mountain trip in the Asheville area ever since we moved to North Carolina. Every year we find some reason to put it off. This year especially we had a lot of reasons we could have put it off and not made it happen. I am so glad we did it anyway. It was such an amazing weekend together as a family. This was our last mini vacation as a family of four and I won't ever forget it. We found this cabin on air bnb about two years ago and I had saved it hoping we'd be able to go sometime. It is on 26 acres of land. The owner and her sister who live in the two houses on the property were the only others around. It had a beautiful little pond on the property with a paddle boat, had two swings for the boys, and had walking trails through the woods all right at our doorstep. We brought all of the food we would need for our entire stay. We stayed for three nights and only left the property twice, once to get ice cream in town and second to drive just to the bottom of the hill to a little gem mine for Everett.
The cabin was 5 hours away and the boys did amazing on the drive there. It felt like just our normal quick drive to the beach. The drive home felt much longer and was a bit rough but I am always so impressed by how well the boys do on long drives.
Boat rides in the pond were probably our favorite thing to do. It was so peaceful and beautiful. Listening to the birds was so nice and everything was so green. The weather the days we were there was perfect, not too hot.
The property this little two bedroom cabin is on is magical. The most magical thing about it were the hundreds of fireflies every night at dusk. We tried waking up Everett one night to see them. We even carried him outside but he just wouldn't wake up. He got pretty worn out exploring during the days.
Everett absolutely loved the gem mine. He had so much fun sifting the sand and found so many fun gems. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. Nathan thought it was silly feeding the goats but had a very frustrating time when it came to sifting the sand. He couldn't figure out why he couldn't dump the sand right into the water instead of the bucket.
We grilled every day and night. The grill took a little getting used to because of the coals but by the end of the trip Stephen was a pro. We had s'mores almost every night and they were so good. He ate so well for every single meal.
There are so many doors in the cabin and it was fun to open them up while we were hanging out and cooking and the huge deck was so fun.
Our last morning there we took the boys "fishing" on the pond. They were so cute to watch. Everett got really good at casting his pole and Nathan lost his mini pole. It was pretty sad but he was fine when we told him we would get him a new one.
What was so amazing about this little getaway was the escape we all desperately needed from this trialing year. It was just what we needed to reset and relax.
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