Her initial reaction to seeing the mountain in the distance, from the car? "Wow! That's amazing! It looks almost exactly like the mountains in Minecraft!"
She squealed at the horses, goats, and wild turkey we saw on the drive up the mountain. And once out on the trail, this child, who lives in Charleston and has to cross a bridge over a major body of water to get almost anywhere in this city, had this reaction to seeing the Middle Saluda River up close.
She was *astounded* and spent much of the hike barefoot and wet.
Here her father rescues her after she flings herself from a rock she tried and failed to climb.
She conquered a smaller rock.
And here she is looking very much like the wood sprite we always knew she was.
And here she is looking very much like the wood sprite we always knew she was.
And lest you think I never actually go on any of these adventures, here I am sitting happily with Cate (but also hoping desperately that she doesn't fall face first into the river).
*I do have two kids. Frances is home from camp now and will return to her rightful place on this blog soon, I'm sure.
**why does traveling with children take so long. We were probably in the car for about five hours but it felt like, to use Cate's words, "three very long days"
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