Boone Baby

We took a short trip up to the mountains on Friday to cool off a bit. Unlike Charlotte, Boone is an actual college town, with hippies and fun bars and a funky walkable area near the university (Appalachian State). But hey, Charlotte has some of the best strip malls in the entire country. Claire and her family lived in Boone for a while in the 90's so she knows her way around the town.

We had lunch at a nice restaurant, and while we waited for the food Spud honed his artistic skills with some crayolas provided by the waitress. He's...not very talented.



Then we fed him bits of our own food directly off of his work of art. Don't tell Child Protective Services about this (Hey, if we gave him a plate, he'd just throw it at somebody and break it).



Then we went for a hike on a nice trail south of town. We mounted him up in the Baby Backpack. Daddy's back will be just fine by the end of next week.

Here I am teaching him the manly art of throwing rocks at water.



Hi ladies.



The trail followed a nice stream.





We found a blackberry patch and split the ripe ones 3 ways. I am proud to say that we are teaching our offspring how to survive in the wilderness (as long as there are lots of blackberry bushes, he should be ok).



Happy summer!