At the R Ranch

This past weekend a friend from our church got married, and our family went down to Dahlonega, Georgia, to play the music for the wedding.

We saw a lot of interesting signs along the way. Here are two of our favorites.

For the last few hours of our trip, the roads were really curvy. The speed limit ranged from 15 to 30 mph. ( It was beautiful, but we took a different route home. :) )

We saw signs that said "Watch for trucks crossing center line" and "Limited sight distance".

On one side of the highway were big cliffs, and on the other side big drop offs....then the river.

The Hiwassee river

Thursday night we had dinner with one of Daddy's college friends and his wife, who live in the area.

The wedding was held at the R Ranch, and the Greers (the bride's family) rented 2 cabins for us to stay in while we were there!

Our cabins - one is up the hill behind the other

Our cabins were right on the lake!

The beautiful view from the front porch of our cabin in the early morning

A Canadian Goose

The beautiful mountains

Rebekah and Amanda

We had so much fun at the ranch! One of the things we enjoyed the most was canoeing. We had the whole lake to ourselves on Friday morning!

Jonathan and David

Deborah and Emily

Amanda and Jonathan

Mama and David

Rebekah and Deborah

The view of our cabin from the lake

Inside the cabin....`going over the music for the wedding

Practicing for the rehearsal dinner

It's a lot more fun to practice in such a beautiful place! :)

Playing baseball

Beautiful mountains

The Tennessee State flower --- in Georgia

At the wedding rehearsal

Practicing with one of the soloists

Sarah, the bride, singing the part of the other soloist, who was not able to come to the rehearsal.

Daddy, Mama, Melissa and Emily visiting with Chris, the groom

Talking with Mr. Latch - Chris' dad

Jonathan, Amanda, Deborah, Anna and David playing at the rehearsal dinner

Daddy and Mr. Latch

Jonathan, Anna and David playing baskettball

The bride and groom the night before their wedding - after a game of volley ball

We loved looking at the beautiful scenery!

The next 3 pictures were taken from the front porch of the cabin.

Swimming was another thing we enjoyed at the R Ranch!

It was fun to have the Olympic size pool all to ourselves!

We enjoyed being with our friends, the Harrises, on Saturday morning.

They live near the Ranch and came to our cabin for a visit.

Hiking on one of the trails with Luke and Lindsay

David, Luke, and Jonathan

Deborah and Lindsay

Along the hike, we decided to take a picture by setting the camera on a timer.

Another attempt at a group picture

A pile of shoes

The boys cooling off in the cabin after the hike

The wedding was at 2:00 Saturday afternoon

This is what the sky looked like at 12:30.

This picture was taken around 1:00, shortly before they decided to move the wedding indoors. Once it started raining in the distance, we couldn't see some of the mountains. (Compare this picture to the one above.)

The storm was right above us.

After the wedding - Chris and Sarah with Chris' dad and sister.

Chris and Sarah leaving the reception

The clouds after the storm

Steam coming up from a stream

We got a lot of exercise going up and down the steep hill between our cabins. :) This picture was taken from the cabin that Daddy, Mama, Melissa and Emily stayed in, and the cabin in the picture is where the rest of us stayed.

Loading the van

On the front porch

The inhabitants of cabin 1...

...and cabin 2

We were grateful for a wonderful and safe trip!!!