So today was the Sabbath and we are not allowed to do schoolwork. I got it in my mind that I wanted to go hike in the mountains, so I asked Steph to come with me. We found some directions to a really great sounding trail up near the border of North Carolina/South Carolina and headed out. About an hour and a half later we arrived to the city where we had to make a turn to get on the correct road. Well...to make a long story short, we never did find it. It was just one more time in my life where I wish a guy had been along...guys just seem to have this innate sense of direction and are (generally) good at finding places that us girls can't find. Ha, I know, never thought you'd hear me say that...well, I guess it comes with age to realize that guys really are nice to have around sometimes. :)

So we gave up and decided to settle for a state park that we had seen along the way and just walking one of the trails there. So we get off at this exit and take many twists and turns to end up at this state park...that has no trails to walk. So now its dark and neither of us can remember which turns we have to take to get back to our road.

All I can say is THANK YOU DAD for getting me my handy dandy little compass for my car before I left. So, we knew we needed to head southeast and I took the advice of a guy I used to know that goes like this "all smaller roads lead to a bigger road"...and we made it home at long last.

So, no hiking occurred, but it was not all a loss...I mean, what better way to get to know the state than to get utterly lost in it and then find your way out again!! Fun times, for sure. :)