NC - Part 1

After arriving in Asheville we spent the afternoon at the North Carolina Arboretum. The scenery was beautiful. This Illinois-raised central Indiana girl loves to go to the mountains. Now I know my friend Sarah, who is from Colorado would disagree on the definition of North Carolina "mountains". Since I'm from Illinois where we had trouble finding a good sledding hill, North Carolina is mountains. :) The flowers were beautiful. I loved how these were planted in a pattern to resemble a quilt.

This little guy was fun as well - It's tiny in the photo but there is a monarch butterfly on my hand.

Then we decided to walk some trails. Here's what I had with me in the way of foot gear.

FYI - These are not really acceptable for walking on trails. Hoofing through Wal-mart maybe, but these in particular have almost outlived their usefulness. But we continued on! After a short little walk I decided that it was time to wade in the stream.

I asked Dusty, "Aren't you going to wade in with me. We're in North Carolina, you have to wade in a mountain stream!" (I don't think that's an actual rule, but it sounded good.) His reply, "Heidi there are streams in Indiana." After which I accused him of sucking all of the fun out of the place. He just stood on the bank looking like this

I went back to taking photos of the stream with varying shutter speeds and apertures trying to be artistic. I also took a photo of this:

I know at this point you're thinking 2 things: 1.) Good grief girl! Fix the nail polish on your toes! and 2.) Why the feet? Why...Why..for the love of Pete, why! And the answers - 1.) Did it tonight and 2.) I've got a theme going and you'll have to wait for part #2 of the story for more on that.