Hiking...

We have always said that we needed to come to Conway for a few more days so we could hike some of the trails we pass on the way here. We finished Story Land yesterday so today was the day to do a hike. I noticed we passed Ripley Falls on the way over about 20 minutes back on 302 and checked it out on the web and map. It is only about 0.6 miles off the road so no problem, right? Turns out is also part of the Appalachian Trail, so we killed two birds with one stone. Grandma was toughing it out and we finally made it, and it was worth it, wows all around when you get there. You can see in the family photo that Max is conspicuously absent because he was already on his way up to the top of the 100' falls. You can see him at the top in two of the photos. Of course if he made it I had to go too, the view from the top was really cool (and slippery, use extreme caution!!!). We passed another Grandma going up on our way down, she was not doing as well as our Grandma!!! Photos can be seen on the web album in more detail:
http://picasaweb.google.com/cabwoods/RipleyFallsHike?authkey=Gv1sRgCMKdr5PxgsvIaw&feat=directlink