Table Rock

I had to go up to Table Rock State Park to do some work for one of my jobs, and in order to do it I needed to spend the night. Luckily they have nice, newly restored cabins up there for people to rent, and since I work for them, I got to rent one for free. T and I have been needing a vacation for a long time now, so he took the day off and joined me up there. I had to do a tiny amount of work hanging up pictures, but we got to spend the rest of the night playing games and talking. When we woke up in the morning we went on a small hike and then headed home to go to a wedding. I got some great pictures of the trip, so enjoy.














We have to drive through a town called Pumpkintown. This is Pumpkintown's claim to fame. A giant pumpkin float. They also have a large rocking chair on the hillside where you can't sit on it.














This is the cabin we stayed in. It doesn't look like much, but it was very cute inside. It had a fully stocked kitchen, bed and bathroom linens, a fireplace, bedroom, bathroom, and a nice frontroom with a table and some cozy furniture. The screened in porch would have been nicer had it not been so cold outside.














It was raining pretty heavily the whole day, but we were inside so it didn't bother us. We couldn't see the mountain peak because it was so cloudy. It is behind this hill.















The next day we were able to at least see the peak, (Table Rock) but it wasn't exactly sunny or warm. In fact, it hailed on our little hike. We had to run through some of the streams that had overflowed their banks, and our feet got a little wet and cold.














The mountain on the left is Table Rock. The peak on the right is Stool Mountain. The rocks got their name from the Native Americans who believed that God sat for dinner each night.















This is one of about a dozen amazing waterfalls that we saw on our hike. Unfortunately, people were very inconsiderate with their litter and plastic water bottles were everywhere.