We rented a 18 foot ski boat with the house while on vacation. Ben took a real liking to the boat. Every morning he would wake up and point...

We stopped to play in a mountain stream after our hike at Joyce Kilmer. Ben LOVED it! I thought he might be shy of the cold water, but he le...

On Monday we went over to the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. It is a very pretty primitive forest with some very old, very big trees. Ben ju...

One night we had steak and baked potatoes for dinner. A while after we ate, I went to get something out of the fridge with Ben on my heels. ...

One of the 'shacks' on the lake The loud squaking goose on the lake Walking up the path from the dock toward the house The little ...

There was only one restaurant within 40 minutes of the lake. It is at the end of the lake and is called Lake's End (creative name :) The...

There is Lake Nantahala! It is a very secluded and quiet lake. Most days we only saw a handful of other boats on the lake. There are probabl...

Well, we are going off the grid next week. We are headed to western North Carolina, near the Smoky Mountains, for vacation and it is pretty ...