Mountain Living

In desperate need of a break from everyday life P.A. and I headed down to the Blue Ridge for a weekend away. He planned everything and it was perfect! We went down with 2 of his friends from college. I fell in love with the Three Sisters Cabin the minute I saw it.

I mean really does it get any cuter than that?

The cabin is estimated at around 170 years old. That would mean it was built in 1838! Thankfully the owners have updated it a little by adding electricity and putting in a small addition in the back that includes a kitchen and a bathroom. I do like to shower every day. In the history of the cabin they said that the first family recorded to live there was German and there were 2 adults and 15 children. We found this entertaining as it was a little crowded with 4 adults!
This was my bedroom. Of course, I had to have the loft just like a little kid.

It did have nice view of the yard.

On Saturday we went and explored some of the nearby parts of George Washington National Forest. It must be butterfly time as they were everywhere! It seemed every time you turned you would see a different type!

We then headed on to Staunton for a trail ride. I love horses and it is always fun to have a chance to go riding! Although I have been to Staunton a number of times I have never ventured too far from I-81. The day was beautiful, and the scenery breathtaking.
We saw lots of animals and plenty of other horses during our ride. I tried taking pictures while we were riding, but it was a little bumpy. Of course since I had the camera mine is a self portrait.

It was pretty windy as you can tell from the pictures we took at the end. My horse was probably pretty annoyed that my hair kept tickling his ears!


That night we headed back to play games and have dinner! P.A. was in charge of all the cooking Saturday and if you haven’t heard me say it before, my man can cook! Saturday morning he made buttermilk biscuits from scratch with country ham. For dinner we had steaks that were grilled and seasoned perfectly, fingerling potatoes and roasted corn with rosemary and garlic, as well as grilled onions, asparagus and broccoli. Afterwards we made s’ mores with Chocolate marshmallows. Yum Yum!
On Sunday, we all had breakfast and headed up to Crabtree Falls. This was so close to the cabin and just beautiful! Crabtree Falls, the highest vertical-drop cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi River. Crabtree Falls features a series of five major cascades and a number of smaller ones that fall a total distance of 1,200 feet. The first overlook is just a few hundred feet from the parking really easy to get to as it was paved. We decided we were adventurous and continued up the 2 1/2 mile Crabtree Falls Trail to four other overlooks that had amazing views of the Crabtree Creek Falls and lovely vistas of the Tye River Valley. We were so glad we had decided to keep going. It was beautiful to be able to just sit there and enjoy nature. It started to rain as we were coming down, but that wasn’t a problem at all. P.A even played Atlas and held up a bolder to let us all come past…lol.














After our hike we headed back to the cabin and said goodbye to our cute little oasis in the woods. It was sad to go, but I know we will be back again! To complete the weekend, we took the longer but more scenic way home on the Blue Ridge Parkway.