This past weekend we had our First Annual Thomas Family Vacation. We went to the mountains of NC and had fabulous time. After a four and a half hour drive... we arrived at a quaint cabin that was our home for the weekend. The first night, we had a relaxing night by camp fire. Roosters greeted us next morning (at the crack of dawn) :-) Our first stop was COFFEE and then White Water Rafting. We went with a company called Fast Rapids... they drove us to the drop location, gave us paddles and wished us luck. What a blast. We did a self-guided trip... but had 3 Captains in the boat... Wes, Ryan and Barry. Us girls just did as we were told. The river had class 3 rapids, with one on the the verge of a class 4. After finishing the waters without the boat tipping, we all decided that we wouldn't mind trying a "Class 4 and 5 River" On the trip back to the cabin, the boys found a few streams that looked promising for trout fishing. While they cast a line, the girls headed to a small town festival. Eventually, we found a nice covered porch with 3 swings. Complete relaxation. The fish were not hungry... or smart enough to not take a "hooked" line. But not to despair, more fishing to take place. That night we shared dinner with great friends on their mountain top home!!
The next morning, while the girls slowly rose and drank coffee on the porch... the boys headed out to catch breakfast. Wes was the BIG winner. He caught a beautiful trout... that we did in fact eat for breakfast.
We all found ourselves wishing for just one more day... but loaded the car and drove back to Raleigh. Frankie Valley and Karen serenading us all the way.
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