Our First Visitors!

|Originally posted March 22nd, 2008 by Rob|

Let’s just start out this post with two obvious-es…

First off, I am pretty stoked to have a Blog. It is going to be fun to be able to update “y’all” (I’m trying to get the southern lingo down) with what is going on in our lives, post some pictures and videos, and give many great examples of how Claire is a way better writer than I am. Which brings me to my second point - while my contributions to our blog may be informative and a hoot to read, I can assure you that next to Claire’s eloquently written monologues I will look like a seventh grader in typing class who is just trying to sneak in some good old Oregon Trail behind the teacher’s back (yes, I would like to ford the river).

Good, I’m glad we got those out of the way. Now, to the topic at hand. One of my Best Men, Eric, and his wife, Paula, are here in Boone visiting us! Woot Woot! The options of things for us to do are endless (unless, of course, we want to go to Target - nearest one is over an hour away…). In the first few days of their visit, we have done a lot of relaxing and talking together, made some good dinners, went shopping, and had some good Marble Slab ice cream. We also made up our own version of the Newlywed Game which was great fun. Eric and Paula made it just in time for the first hints of spring, so we’ve been enjoying the sunny weather together. We even got to eat breakfast on the front porch and listen to the creek/stream/brook/river across the street from our house (we all had our own opinions about what to call it, maybe someone can clarify the differences on the comments page). Today we went for a little drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and went hiking for about an hour and a half. It was a little 2.5 mile hike at a part of Blue Ridge Parkway system of national parks called Moses Cone Park.

It has been great to have some of our best buds down here to visit us (although it makes me miss home and all of you who are up there in Minnesota!). We have found that we don’t know tons about Boone, so their visit has really been a big exploration of Boone for all four of us. I think it’s actually making us appreciate our new home more and more. After all, we do live in a popular tourist destination, and we’re starting to understand why everyone wants to visit the North Carolina mountains. They are beautiful, so we’re looking forward to lots of outdoor fun in the months to come.

That’s all for now. We love you, Eric and Paula! Thanks for making us feel special enough to deserve a trip down from Minnesota.