Vacation - Day 7 (part 2)

The finish our vacation we hiked around Grandfather Mountain. This is a privately owned and managed mountain, but it was well worth the $40 to get it. We walked across a Mile-High Swinging Bridge, saw bears and otters, and hiked the Black Rock Nature Trail. That night we stayed at a truly beautiful Fairfield Inn in Elkin, NC. Since it was officially Andrew's birthday, we took him out for dinner to a neat restaurant called Pirate's Landing where he enjoyed a slab of babyback ribs - and a little embarrassment for dessert.