Nothing says fun like a 10 hour car trip with a 10 week old, so for Christmas we packed the Equinox to the brim, dog included, and headed to Harrisonburg, VA. Grandma and Grandpa could hardly contain their excitement to see Jackson again... I guess seeing us was okay too.
Harrisonburg is practically on the Skyline Drive, so there is a ton of great hiking, caves and parks close by. We took baby J to Skyline Caverns with some of Matt's college buddies from Virginia Tech and afterwards we hit a wine tasting. Last year they invited us to share their house for New Years. This year... not so much :)
Aunt Erin and Erik were able to come up for most of the week. For a month before our trip I excitedly checked the weather looking for snow. It doesn't matter how little it is, snow is exciting to a Floridian. Last year we tried to go snow tubing, but after suiting up and driving to the resort found out that you had to buy tickets a day in advance. This year we were prepared. Only thing missing was the snow.
Great Grandma and Grandpa Unger drove down and spent Christmas night. Jackson has 5 living great grandparents and now he has met all of them!
We also took Jackson on his first hike. On the way there I spotted a truck with something strapped on top. I excitedly tugged on Matt's sleeve and craned around convinced it was a bear, which it was. Being naive I thought it was a bear relocation program. Wrong. We heard plenty of dogs the whole afternoon and saw plenty of trucks on our way out of the park. Matt's mom told us that bear hunting is big in that part of Virginia. Ew.
We really can't thank Grandma and Grandpa enough for putting up with us for an entire week. We loved every minute of it. Jackson of course got way too many presents, but by far everyone's favorite was his stocking.
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