Oh My - It's March already - Where has this year gone to already - We've been so busy and going here and there, the time is just flying by.
We just returned from a week-long vacation in the mountains of North Carolina in a beautiful cabin 2 miles up on the side of a mountain situated overlooking Maggie Valley with Mt. Setzer on one side of us. It was an absolutely breath-taking view and I mean breath-taking, especially for me, the one who is not excited about heights and high places. I was white-knuckled and hanging on for dear life as we drove up those two miles in the skinny, winding, dirt mountain trails. But when we arrived at the top and I got out of the car and saw this magnificent cabin with 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and the window view of the valley below, the hot tub on the balcony, and the fireplace, I was in awe! I can only imagine what it would be like in the spring when all is green and budding or in the fall with the color of the leaves glowing.
Our friends, GJ and Jan joined us for the first couple of days in the mountains and we made a day trip to Asheville, NC, about an hour's drive from the cabin and did a little sight-seeing of the city. We took lots of pictures of us altogether too on the balcony of the cabin and along the mountain side. Snow fell too on Saturday morning which was a pleasant surprise because it was only a 1/2 inch and it didn't stay long.
After they left on Sunday night Rudy and I relaxed and did absolutely nothing on Monday except a walk on the trails around the cabin for some more pictures.
Tuesday we went through the mountains to Gatlinburg, TN. Neither of us had ever been there so we did all the tourist things like having an old fashion picture made of us, bought some fudge, visited the shops, had lunch in a local Italian place and took in the scenery of the city between the mountains. On the way there and back we stopped several times to take breath-taking pictures of the mountains and valleys as we traveled the 53 miles to Gatlinburg. I made sure that we were back at the cabin before night-fall. I certainly didn't want to be on those mountain roads in the dark!
Wednesday afternoon we decided to be spontaneous and try something different, so we packed up and hit the road, ending up in Winston-Salem for the evening, touring Evernham Race Shop and then on Thursday we toured Richard Childress Race Shop and Museum, met Chocolate Meyers (long time pit crew member of Dale Earnhardt, Sr.) and also took a tour of Childress Winery on our way to Charlotte. The winery was magnificent and it was quite educational to learn about the processes to make wine. After lunch we headed to Charlotte where we got a motel for the night, went and saw a movie - "Wild Hogs" - [You've got to see it!] and had dinner at Quaker Steak & Lube, a famous and excellent place to eat while in Charlotte.
Friday morning we went to Lowe's Motor Speedway and took a tour of the infield area of the Track and got some shopping deals in the gift shop and then headed home. We left Charlotte at 1:30 pm and pulled into our driveway at 9:30 pm. Great traveling weather, not a lot of traffic and we made excellent time.
Whew - we were tired and slept quite well in our own bed.
Elani was very excited to see us, too, as was I to see her.
We just returned from a week-long vacation in the mountains of North Carolina in a beautiful cabin 2 miles up on the side of a mountain situated overlooking Maggie Valley with Mt. Setzer on one side of us. It was an absolutely breath-taking view and I mean breath-taking, especially for me, the one who is not excited about heights and high places. I was white-knuckled and hanging on for dear life as we drove up those two miles in the skinny, winding, dirt mountain trails. But when we arrived at the top and I got out of the car and saw this magnificent cabin with 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and the window view of the valley below, the hot tub on the balcony, and the fireplace, I was in awe! I can only imagine what it would be like in the spring when all is green and budding or in the fall with the color of the leaves glowing.
Our friends, GJ and Jan joined us for the first couple of days in the mountains and we made a day trip to Asheville, NC, about an hour's drive from the cabin and did a little sight-seeing of the city. We took lots of pictures of us altogether too on the balcony of the cabin and along the mountain side. Snow fell too on Saturday morning which was a pleasant surprise because it was only a 1/2 inch and it didn't stay long.
After they left on Sunday night Rudy and I relaxed and did absolutely nothing on Monday except a walk on the trails around the cabin for some more pictures.
Tuesday we went through the mountains to Gatlinburg, TN. Neither of us had ever been there so we did all the tourist things like having an old fashion picture made of us, bought some fudge, visited the shops, had lunch in a local Italian place and took in the scenery of the city between the mountains. On the way there and back we stopped several times to take breath-taking pictures of the mountains and valleys as we traveled the 53 miles to Gatlinburg. I made sure that we were back at the cabin before night-fall. I certainly didn't want to be on those mountain roads in the dark!
Wednesday afternoon we decided to be spontaneous and try something different, so we packed up and hit the road, ending up in Winston-Salem for the evening, touring Evernham Race Shop and then on Thursday we toured Richard Childress Race Shop and Museum, met Chocolate Meyers (long time pit crew member of Dale Earnhardt, Sr.) and also took a tour of Childress Winery on our way to Charlotte. The winery was magnificent and it was quite educational to learn about the processes to make wine. After lunch we headed to Charlotte where we got a motel for the night, went and saw a movie - "Wild Hogs" - [You've got to see it!] and had dinner at Quaker Steak & Lube, a famous and excellent place to eat while in Charlotte.
Friday morning we went to Lowe's Motor Speedway and took a tour of the infield area of the Track and got some shopping deals in the gift shop and then headed home. We left Charlotte at 1:30 pm and pulled into our driveway at 9:30 pm. Great traveling weather, not a lot of traffic and we made excellent time.
Whew - we were tired and slept quite well in our own bed.
Elani was very excited to see us, too, as was I to see her.
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