Day 1

Hey everyone!

We left home at 7:30 AM, after saying goodbye to both of our parents. We headed straight towards I81 South where we made our first morning stop at Natural Bridge in Lexington, VA. At first we were told that dogs were not allowed (the ticket lady) because the one path that they were allowed on, was closed due to icicles. This also meant that they were not allowing anyone to walk under the bridge. So we drove about 5 miles up the road and let Recon run around and play to get his energy out so we could walk down to the bridge:

We walked down to the Natural Bridge, bummed that Recon couldn't join us - so we took a few quick photos:

We ended up asking the park ranger if our dog could come back and he said "of course." So we walked back up the 137 steps to the car and got Recon. Pup enjoying his time at the Natural Bridge:

After the Natural Bridge we headed towards Tennesse and crossed the boarder. Naturally a photo was taken of the state line :) We headed towards Knoxville to go to Great Smokey Mountains National Park but didn't arrive until about 3:30. After talking with the park ranger we were still about an hour and a half away from the park and it was close to sunset. We ended up finding a local place called Douglas Dam. We hung out for an hour, playing and hiking.

We ate dinner at Applebees (original I know...) and are now curled up in bed. We hope to go to Great Smokey Mtns tomorrow morning before continuing on our trip. But they are calling for close to 14 inches of snow tonight in the mountains! We will see :)

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