Clay and I made our annual trip to Western for Homecoming, but it was different from the usual in many ways. We set out on Friday and began with a brewery tour at Oscar Blues. Good beer, good tour, great company! Afterwards, we drove through the Pisgah National Forest to get back on track to WCU. The drive was absolutely beautiful...peak season with leaves falling as we drove. We also came across this gem of a waterfall! I finally got to see waterfalls!!!
When we got to Sylva, we continued on our beer tour by sharing a flight at Heinzelmannchen and another flight at a new brewery called Innovation, which was excellent. Then we kept tradition by meeting up with Beau, Jenn and Jackson for dinner, but we broke tradition by eating at the newly improved Dillsboro Smokehouse (Paula Deen's closed :( boo) Tradition continued as we checked into the Jarrett house where we stayed all weekend.
Saturday we tailgated and Clay whipped up a gourmet pot of clam chowder, which was amazing. I must mention that he lit the camp stove completely on fire! We were certainly attracting attention, especially since Beau set the grass on fire shortly after!
Finally we went to watch the game. Long story short, WCU won in overtime! This was the FIRST game that I had seen them win since 2004 and the FIRST time Clay and I had seen them win together!!! We definitely jumped out of the stands and stormed the field...it was kind of a big deal! Clay, Beau and Jackson even got their picture with Dr. Belcher, the chancellor. What an exciting night!!
We closed our traditional weekend with dinner at Speedy's...a yummy way to end a fun night!
On Sunday, Clay and I went to the Great Smoky Mountain Nat'l Park and FINALLY got to see some waterfalls!!!! I had been wanting to go hiking to see waterfalls for about a year but we never had time until then. It was a beautiful day for a hike and the trees and leaves were gorgeous! We didn't get kicked off the trail this time b/c we left Nugget at home with Kathy. Homecoming weekend was amazing this year...finally a trip that didn't disappoint!!!
Yay for the delay option on the camera! We were able to get a few cute pictures of us on the trails :)
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