Hot as Hades, Much Needed Breaks, and Happy 4th of July…
Posted on | July 8, 2010 | No Comments | Share!!
Man has it been hot these last few weeks! Very little rain either. The whole east coast is in the grip of it and while it appears to be breaking in the next few days (here anyways), it’s been hell to slog through.
Stay cool everyone! All I know is our utility bill is going to be epic this month! 
So what have we been up to? Well, for reasons I won’t go into, work’s been a little hectic for Mel and I in the last couple of weeks. It’s cyclical, don’t worry. But it did add more stress than usual to our day-to-day. So when our good friends Josh and Erin brought up heading to the mountains for the weekend we completely embraced the idea.
Like usual, researching a place to stay was somewhat belated. But serendipity stopped by at the last minute and provided us a place at Lake Eden in Black Mountain! The land, the house, the location, the pet policy (Cadence had the most fun I think), the weather, everything! It was just wonderful!
We ate and drank well, we hiked Mount Mitchell, listened to music, wrote and read in the surrounding fields, Mel and Erin did yoga in a field with a view of the surrounding mountains and the local camp a few hundred yards away, put on a hell of a fireworks display! It was literally perfect!
There’s also a 
mad amount history with this place as well! Click here to learn a good bit more.
Suffice it to say, when we had to leave, we realized we genuinely could’ve used another couple of days there. It was bittersweet for sure.
No worries though. We’ll definitely be heading back! Hopefully someday soon. Fall would be beautiful out there I bet!
So, yeah, it was was an awesome 4th of July weekend!
Filled with everything we love about life at the moment! I hope you all had the same experience!
~Tad and Mel
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