Simpson's Journey

I started the drive to Asheville, NC on Thursday afternoon. I went to Nashville, TN to visit with one of my besties Kelly and her family! Thanks for making dinner Keith and thanks Kelly for letting me crash there. So sad that you couldn't come with me to Asheville, but hopefully next year! On Friday I finished the drive to Asheville. We had Chili's for dinner and then went back to Laura's parent's place played a trivia game about us, and just caught up laughing and having a great time together! On Saturday we went to the farmers market and that was the first time that I have ever been to one! They had these huge pumpkins there! and lots of apples! Didn't even know there were so many different kinds! Beautiful flowers! Then we drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and stopped at this view point. Next, we found a hiking trail and these flowers were all along the trail. After the hike we had lunch and then went to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure. I don't have any pic...

This past Saturday we got up early and drove to Speer IL where Tanner's Orchard is. It is about an hour and fifteen minutes away and well worth it. We arrived there and I tried to get a picture of Cameron and Connor but this is the best I got. They had goats there and we were able to feed them! Cameron wanted to touch but not feed and Connor didn't care for them at all. There were also alpacas there too but no pictures of them. Joe thought that this was so him so we got a picture of it. It is cute! There was a children play area which was full of great things for the kids to play on. Here is an arc and Cameron and Connor had a good time on it! They had this circuit where we could ride two person side by side bikes with a place for a child to sit in the front, Cameron did alright but Connor loved it! A nice wooden train that they played on for a long time! A school bus. Connor is the driver! Cameron and Ms. Kari in the back! There was a corn maze but it would have taken forev...