NC High Country

[RickB]

Celebrating our anniversary in the Blue Ridge. Dumb luck had us at the summit of Mount Mitchell this morning. Highest peak east of the Mississippi, it was a near perfect day. Got there about 11:00 AM and there were exactly 6 people on the observation tower. We were able to see Clingman's Dome 70 miles away with the naked eye. Also hiked the nearby Crabtree Falls loop.

 

[Ford850]

Happy Anniversary Rick. Great scenery that will make for great memories!

 

[oldballs]

Rick, That's an anniversary to remember. Having a clear day helped.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[Sigarms]

Irony is I've lived in NC for 20 years now, and the only time I was at Mount Mitchell is when I hiked the AT 32 years prior starting off in Georgia after driving a day or two just to get there LOL

Small world when I came across an older man and his wife on the trail up to Mount Mitchell looking for "yellow slippers". I helped, looking for what I thought were shoes, then feeling like an idiot when I found out they were flowers. Small world because talking with the man, his brother was serving on town council with my father back up in Pennsyslvania.

Due to work, end up around Boone a lot now, area is just as nice IMO.

Blue Ridge parkway is a must drive IMO.

Dove through Lincoln county from SC more than a couple of times, very nice area geographically IMO and not over populated.

 

[dmccarty]

Once upon a time, I was on the parkway during the summer and it was kinda warm/hot so people were in shorts. Got up to Mount Mitchell, there was a strong wind blowing and it was COLD! You needed a heavy jacket, which nobody had, since it was warm out. People were taking a quick look around and getting back in their vehicles to keep from freezing.

Grand Father Mountain is also a place to visit as well, along with Biltmore, Linville gorge/falls, the drive from Franklin to Highlands, ...

Later,
Dan

 

[RickB]

Irony is I've lived in NC for 20 years now, and the only time I was at Mount Mitchell is when I hiked the AT 32 years prior starting off in Georgia after driving a day or two just to get there LOL

Small world when I came across an older man and his wife on the trail up to Mount Mitchell looking for "yellow slippers". I helped, looking for what I thought were shoes, then feeling like an idiot when I found out they were flowers. Small world because talking with the man, his brother was serving on town council with my father back up in Pennsyslvania.

Due to work, end up around Boone a lot now, area is just as nice IMO.

Blue Ridge parkway is a must drive IMO.

Dove through Lincoln county from SC more than a couple of times, very nice area geographically IMO and not over populated.

We vowed not to ignore the beauty of NC as badly as we did that of New York State having lived there for many decades.

 

[Diggin It]

Mid 90s sometime, I took off on a road trip from the big city I was in at the time. No idea where I was going, just pointed the car in a direction and followed the road.

Ended up in Ashville. Did the Blue Ridge for a ways and part of the Skyline Drive. Hit Devil's Courtyard and a couple of other places. Headed east and hit the coast, some little town that was barely on the map, but had a crab cannery. Wandered around for a bit and passed by Seymour Johnson, then headed back home after about two weeks.

 

[RickB]

Grassy Creek Falls yesterday. Enough overhang that I could step behind the flow.

 

[Sigarms]

Ended up in Ashville.

FYI, Asheville is the lesbian captial of NC. Found that out 20 years ago, thought they were yanking my chain. They weren't.

Not that there is anything wrong with being a lesbian, just found it interesting....

 

[Sigarms]

We vowed not to ignore the beauty of NC as badly as we did that of New York State having lived there for many decades.

All comes down to where you're at in life. Found a lot of beauty in NY. Then I was single and traveling.

Make sure you hit Grandfather Mountain, like it better than the Mount Mitchell area. I'll PM you the shores in NC to hit

Get married, have kids, have a house payment, have to take care of the lawn or yard, the free time gets cut into Gameplan on our end is once the kids move out, go back to being single with each other again.