Weekend Adventures

This photo has nothing to do with my adventures but it's one Jennifer took in the Smoky Mountains and I just love it!  The colors are so beautiful.  Just wanted to share with you....

Last weekend one of our friends came in from Wyoming with her new husband to visit.  A group of us drove about an hour away to the middle of nowhere where some of them had been ghost and Bigfoot hunting several times.  Bob has gone with them before but this was my first time.  There is a very old cemetery in the middle of the woods there.  This grave was of someone buried in 1865.  I'm sure we walked over several graves without even knowing it as everything is grown up in the area.  We did try to be careful and respectful when we were there.  We used or walking sticks and flashlights to help navigate through the thicket, weeds and downed tree branches in the middle of the night.  There really weren't any clear paths so we mostly had to climb over logs, sticks, etc.

It was pitch black dark in the woods and so much fun!  We got a late start so didn't arrive until around 11:00.   The sky was full of stars but didn't lend us much in the way of light.  It was quiet until we heard some branches fall and then thought a light in the distance was a person walking towards us with a light.  We finally left the area around 1:00 a.m. after a couple hours walking around looking for stuff. 

Bob is using a meter which picks up on heat in the distance.  Our friends also had other kinds of equipment to detect movement and also a few pairs of night vision goggles we took turns using.  They are hardcore with ghost hunting.

Below is another grave and headstone. 

So, we had a busy weekend.  The other thing Bob and I did was watch the Broadway musical "Elf" on Saturday afternoon.  I've never been to a musical besides "The Nutcracker" so it was pretty exciting. The musical kicked off their national tour right here in our little town so it was a big deal.  I really liked it and hope to attend more musicals and plays at our local theatre in the coming years.   We have tickets to see "The Nutcracker" next month. Can't wait!