Natural Bridge

One morning I just woke up with the crazy idea to take the kids to Natural Bridge. Jennifer was hesitant about it because she was terrified about one of the kids falling off the bridge. I talked her into it, so we packed up and headed out for an adventure.

Heading up the sky lift with my little buddy. I was terrified the entire time that Landon was going to fall off the bench. 

It was such a beautiful trip up the mountain and scary all at the same time. Jennifer and Brinley were riding on the car in front of us.

The kids at the top of Natural Bridge.

Just sitting on the little rock wall like a couple of big kids.

We packed a lunch and had a nice little picnic on the top of Natural Bridge.

Landon chowing down on his gold fish.

The kids underneath Natural Bridge.

Family photo under Natural Bridge.

Walking through the skinny man pass to get back up to the top of Natural Bridge.

Jennifer and the kids in skinny man's pass.

The Heflin's on top of Natural Bridge.

Our view! It was a perfect day for sightseeing and it wasn't hot at all.

It is hard to get a good picture of everybody and this was the best that we could get from a fellow tourist.

My beautiful wife and I on the top of the mountain before starting our descent down.

The hike down proved to be quite the adventure. I started out at the top of the mountain with Landon on my back in the carrier and holding the backpack in the front. However, I quickly discovered that it was dangerous because the backpack was obstructing my view. Although Brinley had said at the top of the mountain that her legs were tired and we really hadn't even began walking. Brinley did really good walking down the mountain, but she also spent her fair share of time being carried too. We let Landon down to walk for a little while and just a few minutes later Jennifer spotted this snake. I quickly picked the little guy up and carried him the rest of the way down the mountain. After we got home some friends informed us that it was a copperhead snake. Overall the approximate 2 mile hike down the mountain wasn't that bad at all. I am so thankful that we had a successful trip with the kids and got to get them out and enjoy some nature. It might be a few years before we do this hike again, maybe when everyone can hike for themselves. Thanks for reading and God bless.