Getaway without Technology: Grayson Highlands State Park

I know, I know. What in the world happened last week?! I have no excuse for my absence other than the fact that my blog decided to freak out on me {many thanks to Bless Her Heart Y’all and It’s All In The Details for both contacting me and helping me through my blogger problems - definitely more to come on that in the near future!} Between the techy shutdown and the fact that I was out of town Wednesday until late last night… unfortunately blogging just didn’t happen. Yes, I know. Rule number one in Blogland is that when you go on vacation, your blog cannot. Except, I went where few bloggers go… to the land of no cell reception. We left at the crack of dawn {read: it was 9AM before we pulled out of the driveway} on Thursday morning for the western part of Virginia. Grayson Highlands State Park to be exact. This was the perfect pick because it was “in the middle.” Jess and her hubby drove 6 hours from ATL while Michael and I drove 6ish hours from HRVA. It’s rare, but about once a year I get to see Jess in person… it’s always a treat! I have plenty of things I want to share with you from our little trip {like must-do adventures, healthy camp recipes, a scary shot taken when I was snapping pictures while riding my mountain bike and crashed into my husband…} But today, I’m not going to bombard you. I am going to keep my words short {as I’ve been told twice in the past 24 hours that I am just way too wordy on my blog! Whoopsie!} and share a few of my favorite pictures. Details will come later this week! I promise!

Tent Camping in Grayson Highlands State Park

Grayson Highlands State Park - Wild Horses

Grayson Highlands hiking trails with waterfall

After glancing through almost 200 pictures taken within four days of vacation, I really notice what my true loves are: friends, food, and great views. I think I took just as many pictures of our food as I did of the great views! Despite the fact that it was freezing for most of our trip {the temperature on the mountain is about 15 degrees cooler than what weather.com says it is!} we had such a great time. I really needed a few days to get away and literally unplug everything. Like I said, more to come later this week and into the next! I have two spectacular recipes to share with you that are meant for camping but can just as easily be made on the grill at home! You will love them! Stay tuned y’all!

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Heather West says

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Okay, Graham and I are definitely heading out there! Those views are gorgeous!
- Susan @ 2catsandchloe says
  
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  YES! Heather! Y’all would LOVE IT! It is stunning. But it’s about a 6 hour drive from Newport News so you will definitely want to make a long weekend trip out of it. And the park/campground is dog friendly too!
J Trogstad says

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I can’t believe it is over already! I had the BEST time! Great food, great friends, and great sights! Let’s do it again! I can’t wait to read more on the trip and the recipes! Oh…the food was delish! Spread the word on those camping meals girl! xoxoxo
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  I KNOW RIGHT?! How in the world has this trip come and gone already? Time to start planning our next adventure. The camping meals will go live (hopefully one tomorrow) soon!
Ruth Benjaminson says

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Looking forward to more pics and stories! Great pictures!! Yumm - the s’mores look great!
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  Thanks! There are definitely a lot more pics to come! And the peach dessert was the bomb!
El Bridge says

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Really looking forward to the recipes! We’re going camping in a couple weeks and I need the inspiration!
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  Sounds good Lisa! I hope to have one posted tomorrow, and the next early next week! 🙂

Getaway without Technology: Grayson Highlands State Park

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