our trip to the mountains was just what we needed. it was so nice to get away for the weekend and spend time together.

we left right after i got off work and headed up, making pretty good time. we ate at a mexican place at blue ridge, stopped at food lion and then headed up the 12-mile road that winds up the mountain. as we turned onto the road the cabin is off of, we saw blue lights from a police car, and two other cars were stopped ahead of us. we were stuck for about 20 minutes as a wrecker loaded up a vehicle from a wreck. when we backed up to let the wrecker by, we couldn’t believe how badly damaged the pickup truck was. it was completely smashed in, and there was a hole in the windshield where a body had gone through. as we drove slowly by, we heard a police officer outside telling someone the driver was going about 60 miles per hour. that curve is *not* one you would want to go that fast around.

we weren’t able to see much that night, but the next day as we drove by, we saw where the truck had hit a stone retaining wall head on. it didn’t look pretty. i wondered what had happened to the person(s) in the truck, but we never found out.

we spent the rest of our weekend reading, driving around and hanging out. on saturday night, we saw ratatouille, which was an excellent movie. the short at the beginning was well worth the price of admission.

we also took some pictures while we were there. they turned out pretty well considering we took them ourselves!

the rest of the pictures are here.

and the best part of the weekend: i apparantly own a bank! 🙂