Easter and Spring Break trip

Our Easter and spring break all rolled into one trip.  We were able to spend Easter with Aunt Melanie and UNC this year and then traveled on to the Great Smoky Mountain Railway for a fun train ride and some other mountain activities.

Easter with Aunt Melanie

We started our mountain visit with a fishing trip.  We found the perfect fishing plan for small kids with short attention spans.  It's a trout farm so the pond is VERY well stocked and we caught six fish in 20 minutes, and it only took that long because we were teaching Mac how to cast without hooking his little sister.

 Next was our train ride:

The train ride was really fun although I don't know why a train ride designed largely for children is 4 hours long.   We fairly quickly went from this:

 to this:

 And no there were no naps taken AT ALL.

Our day finished up with a short hike to a pretty waterfall.  I think the kids were really excited to be out running around.