Our hike up Mt. Leconte was amazing. This is a hike that Brandi and I have wanted to do for a while. It was even sweeter getting to enjoy this accomplishment with our good friends Nate and Holly VanZeeland. We met Nate and Holly almost 5 years ago when they moved to Nashville and became our next door neighbors.
They will be moving in a few months to St. Louis so Nate can complete his orthopedic fellowship as a hand surgeon. While we will miss them, we have so many incredible memories from the past 5 years. Here are a few of my favorites…
-Fly fishing trips on the Caney
-”God inspired” trips to Lowe’s
-Spontaneous cookouts in the backyard
-Vacation to Destin
-Baptizing Nate 3 years ago
-Climbing Mt. Leconte
Here are a few more pictures from the hike. You can click on each picture for a description.
Looks like you, Brandi, Nate and Holly had a great time. Well done! Much deserved!
This is just too strange. When I was reading your post on my blogroll, somehow WordPress put up all my pictures, not yours. I thought, what, did this guy stop by my house on the way to Mt. Lacomte and take picures of the dogs and kids (I live in Knoxville). It was surreal! No I see the pix. I am glad I did. Beautiful. Gotta find someone to do that climb with sometime.
Come on up to WA and we can hike the Cascades together.
That Nate sure looks like he works out a lot!
Just kidding…just a great trip. Thanks for the memories Wilson’s!
That’s awesome. Friends are the best! Taking a hike sounds like fun right now actually!
I have to say that there’s just something about living next door to those Vanderbilt Orthopedic residents. As you know, one of Nate’s cohorts lives next door to us and they too will be moving in July to take on a Fellowship. Stay tuned because I’ll be posting a blog in honor of them as well.