Weekend Adventure in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee & Asheville, North Carolina

in #life6 years ago

This weekend my wife and I decided we'd had enough of the rat race so we hit the road for a short weekend trip to Asheville, North Carolina for a yoga workshop led by Kino MacGregor. We left Saturday morning and headed to one of our favorite hiking trails that leads to a pool in a mountain stream called Midnight Hole. The water was much too cold to swim in the deep part but I did wade a bit and did some sort of risky yoga poses on some of the rocks in the creek.

Handstand (of course)

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The handstand kind of rattled my nerves a bit because the rock surface was very uneven and if I went over backwards who knows what I'd have landed on (rocks inevitably but it could have been bad--calculated risk....). But I held it for about 15 seconds and felt that was sufficient.

Flying Pigeon

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Side Crow Pose

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The hike was about 4 miles round trip as we made it up to mouse creek falls which is a bit past the pool that people swim in with about a 10 foot rock that's fun to jump off of when the water's not bone chilling cold.

Maybe later this summer I'll do it. Didn't snap any pictures of the pool..oh well, maybe next time.It was nice to get in a moderate hike and not wear ourselves out the day before the 2 hour yoga class.

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We really enjoyed getting back to this spot to which we've hiked several times, it's not very crowded and the scenery is beautiful.

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It's tucked away just off Interstate 40 near the North Carolina / Tennessee border and even the views from the interstate (despite the traffic ahead and ugly orange signs) were amazing.

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I actually didn't really take any pictures beyond the hike Saturday as we were in the hotel the rest of the evening and the class was the next morning. It was a Primary Series Ashtanga class and the length of time she made us hold all the poses was insane. Slowest. Counter. Ever. I've been sore for the past 2 days and work has been kind of a drag but oh well. Gotta live life, right?

What actually helped spur this trip was we were about to lose our free night's stay that we earned on Hotels.com so we used it two weeks before it expired. Also good motivation to get out of town.

Now we're back to the grind of the work week anticipating our next adventure together in July.

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You got a great hand balancing practice !
I love hand stands! 😉

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Good and nice yoga postures you did there in rock, it was a nice Adventure you had with your wife, spending some quality timeout with your wife in a natural and serene environment is really nice for a happy couple. i hope you enjoy your trip and adventure @cryptokeepr

Some quite difficult amazing yoga poses, you did. It's really difficult now a days to make time for such adventures. Good luck for your next adventure.

Amazing pics and nature.
Steem on mate

Great photos, specially the yoga postures.

Amazing photos and you are one lovely couple! Good for you that you decided for a break from the rat race and in such a beautiful nature it was even more precious, I am sure!

Sounds like a great weekend I would do some damage to myself if I tried to do any of those poses on rocks

The Smokey Mountains are amazing!
Don't miss out Gatlinburg city, the nights are special.