Hunter and I spent a long weekend in Asheville with Terry. We spent a couple of days at Wesser watching a Freestyle Kayaking competition. It was a blast!! Hunter played the entire time either in the water or the surrounding woods. Hunter was under the impression we were going to let him take off in a Kayak down the rapids - not so fast! First he needs to get through Kayaking camp this summer.

We took our fist hike on the Appalachian Trail. We only got about a two mile hike in. Hunter spent the entire time hunting for Sasquatch. This entailed hitting a stick or rocks against tree trunks and yelping nonstop - the Sasquatch call. Keep in mind, there is no record of the call ever successfully working .

Our favorite treat was seeing three bears foraging for berries in the woods close to the Grove Park Inn. It was amazing! They were three very healthy bears.

Jackson, Laney and Hunter at Andrew Jackson's grave

 Today we had the pleasure of going to the Hermitage with some other homeschool friends. The Hermitage is the home of former Pres. Andrew Jackson.

Outside Andrew Jackson's home

We learned a ton of info about Jackson's life. Probably the most interesting part of his life involved his duel with Charles Dickinson. Charles died as a result of the duel, Andrew Jackson survived; however, he was left with a bullet imbedded in his chest. This caused him problems all of his life.

We also learned about his role in the Trail of Tears....very sad; especially since we are very close to the Cherokee reservation in Asheville.