Change of plans

Yesterday I was suppose to drive to West Palm beach Florida for a Jenn Crank seminar. I was all ready to go and then just felt like I didnt have it in me to dive 9 hours straight. I wouldnt get there until dark and then Miley would just be beside herself when we got there. She would be full of energy and I would have been exhausted. I should have planned better and left Thursday evening and drove part way. Anyway, I decided not to go. Then I started feeling bad about my decision. So I asked my son if he wanted to go to Chimney Rock North Carolina and go hiking. He said he would go. We took the dogs because the park allows dogs. It was about 2 1/2 hour drive. And then I was really glad about my decision not to go to Florida. Because my son was trapped with me , he had to talk to me. He can be difficult to talk to. He doesn't freely have a conversation. So to get information out of him you have to ask just the right questions. And every once in a while I ask just the right question to find out what is really going on with him. He is struggling with school, both academically and socially. I think he might be depressed from what he is telling me. Even thought that isnt a good thing, at least Im aware of it and can try and help him.
Getting to the park there were lots of twisty road for the last 6 miles. When your driving it doesnt bother you but if your the passenger is can be hard on the stomach. We got there intact, stomach contents and all. We drive up into the park and the road is skinny and twisty. Having to pass another car coming down is scary. Lucky there weren't to many cars there. I go to pay and there is a discount because almost all the paths a closed due to weather. Im not sure what weather they were talking about. It was sunny and 50 degrees. I really wanted to hike to the waterfalls but we couldn't. We drive all the way to the top parking lot. My van is the white one all the way at the end in the picture. The only way to get up to the top look out places, because the paths are closed, is an elevator. But no dogs are allowed on the elevator. Ugh! So the poor dogs had to stay in the car. There was one small path open that I did take the dogs on. So at least they got to walk a little. When you leave the park you cross a small stream that was just beautiful. So I stopped there to take more pictures of the dogs. By this time my son was tired of my picture taking and stayed in the car. There is a huge beach there too but it was closed for winter. You probably cant take dogs there. The little town was very cute and we would have walked thur if I hadn't had the dogs.
Funny thing is my calf's are very sore today. I guess there were a lot more steps then I thought or Im really out of shape.