Oh My!
For the forth of July, 4 couples headed to the Smokies for a mountain weekend! Jeff so kindly invited us up to his mountain house in Townshed, TN. Looking back on the weekend two things come to mind - guns and beer pong. But not at the same time, of course! The boys and girls shot rifles, shotguns, hand guns, bow and arrow, even Aaron's grandfather's old revolver! The boys had skeet shooting competitions and showed off their skills, and let us girls shoot around in between. Shooting guns was actually pretty fun! Even the girls hit some clays! You can't tell me that's not impressive! When it turned dark, the group was usually surrounding the beer pong table (yes, of course Ryan brought the table). We learned a new game at Bev and Christian's the night before called Baseball and it's really fun!
Oh, and how could I forget Meg and Aaron's hike... Saturday morning they decided to hike up the mountain on a trail by the house. On their way down they saw a bear cub!!! It was so close to them, and you know what that means.... so was the mom!!! They booked it back down the mountain and safely back into the house, but for the rest of the weekend we were a little more cautious. It was so close to the house! But don't worry, Jeff told us how handle a bear attack. You have one of two options... play dead or do the "bear scare" which consists of flailing arms and growling (we did a lot of humorous practicing throughout the rest of the weekend). Oh yeah and stay calm.
Well, Saturday night some of us decided to drive up to the top of the mountain trail. We put out some chairs and listened to music for a bit. Then when we got back in the car to head back down, the car battery was DEAD! Are you kidding me!? We won't go into details about how that happened :). We had to walk all the way back down the same trail where the bear was earlier, and it was almost dark! It was scary!
Besides that, we cooked out, made s'mores each night, played Catch Phrase around the fire (which by the way the girls ROCK at!), and just hung out and enjoy the company! Thank you Jeff for having us all up! It was so fun!
Oh, and bad news, my trusty camera finally died... for good. So I only have pictures from the first afternoon! But don't worry, I'll be getting a new one soon!
Bev and me in Knoxville eating lunch
Eating at Jacob's - best burgers in town!
All packed up ready to go
We brought so much stuff - gotta make room for the beverages!
Arriving at the house!
So rustic and neat inside!
Love these girls!
Learning how to shoot a hand gun
First time! Look at the smoke!
Bow time
Look at that determination!
Aaron and I lost a bet
So hardcore
An old revolver! You can even spin the bullets like you see in movies!
First time shooting a handgun
BULL MOOSED!
Aaron and Meg
my hillbilly husband! haha
Jeff and Natasha
love Christian's face
the girls - relaxing on the swing
the boys (minus Jeff)
me and my mountain man!
close up!
Skeet shoot
Natasha throwing clays for the boys
I'm thinking about putting these pics up on Craigslist and see what happens. It only took Ryan about a week and half to build and alot of that was trial and error. His next one would take him no time. Anyone interested? :)
