{"id":4885,"date":"2014-07-21T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2014-11-15T19:39:26","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T19:39:26","slug":"chimney-rock-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/2014\/07\/21\/chimney-rock-nc\/","title":{"rendered":"Chimney Rock, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We headed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chimneyrockpark.com\/\" title=\"Chimney Rock\">Chimney Rock<\/a> in the morning!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/01YvesPoint.jpg\" alt=\"01YvesPoint\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4901\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/01YvesPoint.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/01YvesPoint-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nPointing to the top of Chimney Rock. It doesn&#8217;t look that high. The elevator was broken but we weren&#8217;t even thinking of using the elevator!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/02ViewMainRd.jpg\" alt=\"02ViewMainRd\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/02ViewMainRd.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/02ViewMainRd-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nThe view!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/02aCloudy.jpg\" alt=\"02aCloudy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4892\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/02aCloudy.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/02aCloudy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nIt was a bit cloudy and that was a good thing. The sun had come out briefly and you felt the heat. That was rough!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/03Stairs.jpg\" alt=\"03Stairs\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4894\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/03Stairs.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/03Stairs-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nOh! The stairs!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/05aChimRock.jpg\" alt=\"05aChimRock\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4893\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/05aChimRock.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/05aChimRock-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nMade it! It was beautiful. You can go up higher and that&#8217;s what I did to take this photo. Sienna and Yves are there on the rock.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/04aDHeadMe.jpg\" alt=\"04aDHeadMe\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4899\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/04aDHeadMe.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/04aDHeadMe-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/04DHeadYS.jpg\" alt=\"04DHeadYS\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4898\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/04DHeadYS.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/04DHeadYS-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nDo you see the devil&#8217;s head in the background?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/05Elevate.jpg\" alt=\"05Elevate\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4897\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/05Elevate.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/05Elevate-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nTaking an apple break. It was about lunch time and went back to the cabin to have some. Once you buy your ticket, you are able to come and go so decided not to rush it. We saw a deer when we got back to the cabin!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/06aDeer.jpg\" alt=\"06aDeer\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4902\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/06aDeer.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/06aDeer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nAfter lunch, we went back to the park and it began to rain. That&#8217;s ok! We have ponchos just for that!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/06HickNutFall.jpg\" alt=\"06HickNutFall\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4896\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/06HickNutFall.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/06HickNutFall-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/07HickNutFall.jpg\" alt=\"07HickNutFall\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4895\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/07HickNutFall.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/07HickNutFall-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nWe made it to the falls!<\/p>\n<p>They have a total of 5 trails. We did the Great Woodland Adventure (kids trail-so easy), Outcroppings trail (the one that leads to the rock), the Skyline Trail (that leads to Devil&#8217;s Head and Exclamation Point, where we took the apple break) and Hickory Nut Falls Trail (waterfall). We didn&#8217;t do the Four Seasons Trail as it looked a bit steep.<\/p>\n<p>For dinner, we went into the little town and ate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverwatchgrill.com\/\">RiverWatch Grill<\/a> (standard fare) and took a walk along the river afterwards.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/08River.jpg\" alt=\"08River\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4891\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/08River.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/08River-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/09RiverShoot.jpg\" alt=\"09RiverShoot\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4890\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/09RiverShoot.jpg 500w, http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/09RiverShoot-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After ice cream, we spent the rest of the evening relaxing in the cabin. I was enjoying the jacuzzi tub a lot! We really felt the hike in our legs the next day! And we picked a good day for the hike as the following days were really muggy and sunny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We headed to Chimney Rock in the morning! Pointing to the top of Chimney Rock. It doesn&#8217;t look that high. The elevator was broken but we weren&#8217;t even thinking of using the elevator! The view! It was a bit cloudy and that was a good thing. The sun had come out briefly and you felt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,19,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4885"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4905,"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions\/4905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thebunnylog.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}