Photos from the Trail: February 05, 2019 at 07:47PM

#BirthdayWeek - Day 1. Do something that scares you. #StoryTime: This is me & #TinyDog. Despite being avid #hikers, we’re honestly scared of something lurking in the #forest just outside our little 14 acre compound in the mountains of WNC. About 1.25-1.5 miles in, something spooked Pepper so bad she flipped out (bravest dog I’ve ever known), cried, made me pick her up and then our #chubby butts unintentionally went #trailrunning the whole way home. The #creepy thing was, before she got spooked, while we were ascending the #trail, a weird #silence and “vibe” overtook everything. The noise around us died, though we could hear all the people and machines carrying on in the valley below. Like a “bubble” of creep factor 💯. We still don’t know what monsters prowl the old logging road that wraps up around the mountain, but we’re also alive and planning to eat #dogfriendly cake. Not sure if we’re going to go #hiking that part of the mountain again without some friends....and laser cannons. Filled with holy water. Or bear spray. Or both. -Also, I dyed my hair #millenialpink even though I’m secretly an old lady. So that’s two scary things. #hikingselfie #selfie #birthdayselfie #unlikelyhikers #neverstopexploring #adventureisoutthere #thisiswhyIhike #womenwhohike #fatgirlshiking #fitnotfat #AmpleMovement #hikingwithdogs #scarystories via Instagram http://bit.ly/2UD46ie