Cavemen

Paw-Paw and Nathan visited their first national park together way back in 2008 when Nate was only 9 months old. A lot has changed since then, but a lot has stayed the same. Nathan has grown up a lot, but Paw-Paw continues to be wrapped around those little fingers.

Here they are at the Grand Canyon.

Visiting the Great Smoky Mountains in 2009.

Freezing in the Badlands in 2010.
Hanging out at Congaree National Park in 2011.
Exploring Mammoth Cave in 2012.

Nate being his silly self.
Waiting for the bus to take them to the cave.
Headed towards his cave adventure.
When Nate found out about this trip he was initially a little worried about bears in the cave.
We're glad he returned with a no bears report.

One of Nate's favorite parts of traveling is hanging out in the hotel room.
Those straws are either guns or light sabers.
After their cave trip they stopped in Chattanooga for a night. That's where Lady and Kate met them for a day of adventure.
We drove past the sign painted on the roof of a barn for Rock City every single day of our life growing up, but never went. Now Nate and Kate have been.
Jumping off of everything in sight.
Crazy little monkeys swinging on everything.
Fashionable as ever in her homemade tie-dyed shirt.

There you have it. That was Nate and Kate's adventure over spring break this year. I wonder where next year's national park is going to be...