Engagement Getaway, Part 4

The visitor's center of Anna Ruby Falls

Beautiful creek/river on the path to the waterfall

Uhhhhh, turning back now...

I kept flashing my ring when RightHand would try to snap a pic :)

The kind of landscape we love

Gratuitous ring shoot!

Okay, okay...without the ring now. Awesome photo!

Awwww- couple shot! (Is anyone noticing my GUT?! Holy crap!)
Also, for posterity, I've got to not that the man taking our picture had a foreign accent, as if from Greece or something. And when thanking him, RightHand called him AMIGO.

I love when water is randomly coming out of rocks. And I learned why. And I've since forgotten.

Up the side of the path (We hiked on a trail up there a bit)

There's really no childhood connection or anything, but I have started FREAKING OUT when we see Smokey the Bear stuff. Here I am, at the ready!

The path was pretty sweet

The Ring and I (Get it?! The King and I! I'll be here all night, allllll niiiight, folks)

And then it happened.

RightHand stopped breathing.

I panicked. What was wrong? We hadn't even made it to the wedding!

He was gesturing wildly.

He was flailing.

He was FLIPPING HIS SHIT.

And then I saw it:

You may know, RightHand LOVES pugs. He was right up there with all the little kids. It's endearing. :)

The Waterfall(s)!

Annnnd, back to the pug. Look at the rolls on that little sausage!

OH YES HE DID.
RightHand and Caesar- BFF 4 EVA!

I heart this pic!

The falls were quite impressive

Wider shot

So high!

Proof I was there!

Proof I'll be there in the afterlife!
(Why do I post crappy pictures? Dunno.)


Haha- I just watched this literally two second video and I HAVE to post it because all you can hear is the rush of water and me saying "They've abandoned the pug!" I believe I was trying to quickly plan a dog-napping. Didn't work out. Bummer. :(

Me again, with my park pass sticker- sweet

Cutie!

I loved the fallen leaves resting on the rocks

A lamp in the gift shop that I wanted to get my mom for our cabin. Except I didn't have $400!! HOLY CRAP WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?! THIS IS A NATIONAL PARK (OR PERHAPS STATE) FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

A weird haunted house and pink tubing bus on our way back...

Stuck in Helen's version of rush hour, so we took a pic of this hotel that had been recommended to us. Didn't go though- hard to be a vegetarian with all of the German meats floating around. (That's what she said?)

Where we later returned for dinner...

What greeted us at the Inn...

The view

If you look really hard, you can see the little rectangular sign I spied that said "Trail" and pointed right. It basically half-circled the inn and was quite leafy!

Ahhhhh- what I had wanted all day!

Engagement Getaway, Part 3

Me at breakfast the next morning

Cinnamon apple pancakes = Happy Reagan

'Twas a beautiful morning- we had great luck!

Cute sign

Enjoying the back porch

Signing up for TheKnot.com and keeping in touch with the world :)

Finally calling my mom back after I refused to talk to her while sleeping in the car on the way! Poor mama!

Pretty view of the gazebo

Wider shot

The covered bridge we set out to find

It was neat, but so graffitied :(

Swooning like way back when
(Or like yeah, if you so prefer)

More normal pose

Beautiful creek underneath

The picture didn't turn out, but the sign said "No Household Trash"; North GA has the weirdest signs

The bridge we crossed- so serene

Hottie alert!

RightHand likes to take pictures of the markers and read them later.
I, on the other hand, am an intellectual. ;)

Really, people? Spraypaint on this beautiful bridge?

The ring was there, too :)

The Old Sautee Store
(You can see me high-tailin' it to the cafe on the left- please withhold the fat jokes!)

I loved this sign- wonder what Cardui is...?

The adorable (and yummy!) cafe where we ate

View looking away from the cafe


Inside the store... You know it's always time for a jig in a general store!

The Hansel and Gretel Chocolate Factory. Turned out to be kind of lame, sadly...

More pics of Helen as we passed through. Yup, everything looks regulation to me, sir!

Cute buildings, lovely mountains

The Big Two-Fiver

I simply couldn't start my birthday with an extremely sub-par post about Fox News, so here we are.

So... Happy birthday to me! The family celebration came early when we were together last week, and it was awesome:

Cupcake stuff!!!

Eating said cupcakes...

Gratuitous ring shot... :)

Aw, yeah- I got da goods!

I guess my mom has more pictures of the family, the cake, and the other gifts, which is good, because I loved everything and everyone there. :) Feeling very blessed and in a good position in life. What more could a newly 25 yr. old need?

FauxNews

I used to read FoxNews.com religiously, which somehow strikes me as the only way you really can read it. Makey sensey? Forgive me; it's late.

Anywho, I was saving these for a larger post about all of the network's/website's mistakes, but of course they are too numerous to mention and of course after voting for Obama I don't read the site enough to find more ridiculousness.

My measly offerings (but you KNOW there is worse on there. WAY WORSE!):

Hey, where's the fire? (Har har, snort snort)

Literally modeling a headline after O! Magazine = Epic Fail

Ridiculously Belated Friday Fotos

There are some great ones from this past week! What do you think?

This might be my favorite picture... ever.

Oh dear, RightHand, perhaps I DO want to be married in a barn!!

I would love to go here someday. I wonder if I'm allowed, as a non-believer. (Note to self: Should have learned this as an Islamic studies minor. Second note to self: Wiki this.)

Don't particularly love this picture, but I posted it if only to be able to say "WTF?" They use dogs for this? Biking? Does not compute.

Very dramatic. Both the events/violence and the photograph.

I know I am offensively missing the point, but I was pleased that he is recycling. Donating to UNICEF now.

Again, the power of Mother Nature is simply beautiful.

HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL AND OTHER CHOICE WORDS.
Unfortunately, the bear was shot. Fortunately, the man lived. But then again, ain't that usually the way of it? :(

So beautiful. And I've heard about these geese that the city rounds up and takes care of during the winter. Way cool.

So whimsical. And for a great cause.

Love the drama in this photo. Looming world power, I see you...

Feels like a scene from my childhood winter trips in Minnesota. Oh wait, my mom actually hit two deer. Anywhosomethingmoreupbeat, I've always wanted to visit Banff, Canada; well, at least since the awesome Holly posted about it here, here, here, here, and here. :)

'Til next time...