NC VACATION, FIRST DAY

Now this is my idea of a vacation: kicking back on the deck looking out at the views pictured below at the end of a dead end lane high up in the mountains. The weather is great; all the windows are open and we are perfectly comfortable.

The three boys have had a wonderful time, first fishing in a lake they could walk down the road to (the one in the pictures is impossible to get to from where we are), and then going to a gem mine to get all kinds of jewels in the raw (the jewels, I mean). They spend much time at the pool table and in front of the TV playing games both of which are in the rec room on the lowest floor. Then they don their suits and go into the hot tub which is on the lower deck.

And what am I doing? Just sitting on the deck enjoying the peace and quiet or watching one of several movies I brought with me, . Kind of like at home, except I am surrounded by family members in a gorgeous setting!!