The Redd's: NYE 2011--Sylva NC

We were so excited to spend NYE in the mountains wih Hewy and Jenny and some others. We were thinking our trip with Crawford woule be a breeze a quick 72 miles. Well lets just say 72 miles took us 3+hours as this was 72 miles straight up mounain roads. But it gets even funnier because as we lose cell service we are still thinking we are prepared with written direcions. However, there are no road signs when we get to a dead end. We decide to go right and about 15 minutes later I feel my tires start spinning and I look straight up to see that the road has ended. Yes, we are on an inclines I am staring at trees and we are stuck. I start freaking out and we finally by the grace of God get one bar of cell service. We call Brad's dad who still doesn't believe us and then finally get the mapquest to work. We realize we should have gone left at the unmarked road and we are only 8 miles away. We are thinking 8 miles --piece of cake. Well about 20 more minues into our drive I see a deer out of the corner of my eye and then we hear boom....yeah stupid deer darts into the side of our car. We keep trucking....finally made it there after 9. We arrive feeling defeated but then Hewy pulls out a giant diamond on her hand and announces that she got engaged earlier that day. So it really was a great surprise and we were so excited to be able to celebrate.

Hewy's dog--Huddy. Crawford just loved him and would open his mouth wide for doggy kisses. It was like 2 kids playing together and he kept C quite occupied.

We attempted to find some trails to hike...I mean we were in the middle of the mountains with no cell service and really struggled to locate a good trail. At least we gave exercise a shot.