Ain't No Mountain High Enough

When we moved to South Carolina this past summer, one of the things that we were most excited about was the abundant availability of beautiful hiking trails.

You see, Louisiana is very flat. Which meant no hiking for us.

But now that we're back in beautiful Appalachia, the great outdoors' beckon is simply irresistible. And I would love to say that we make time to go hiking and hit the trail at least once a week, but unfortunately I'd be lying terribly. Remember that busy fall I've been telling you about these past few days?  ....well it's carried over into other areas of our lives besides the blogoshpere.

We've only been hiking twice since we moved.

But a couple of weeks ago we did manage to make it out to one of the most recommended trails from my coworkers: Table Rock.

It was BEAUTIFUL. I'm kind of glad we waited so long to get out there because the weather was perfect (high sixties and sunny) and the autumn leaves were simply stunning (leaves changing colors is another thing you miss out on in Louisiana).

Table Rock is a more strenuous hike (7ish miles round trip...the real killer is the ascent) but there's something about breathing in the fresh air and your muscles burning as you climb to the top of a mountain that really makes you feel alive.

As always when we do finally get to the spectacular views at the top, I wished that I could have just teleported down the mountain. It's immensely satisfying to work hard and peak at the top of a climb, but spending the 1+ hours to get back to the bottom always feels tedious to me.

Anyways here's some pictures of our beautiful Sunday hike!

 

Side Note: I don't know this kid. I just thought that him climbing this tree would make for a good picture.