Our last day…. Overcast and very cool – it got up to 63 degrees today! We have a nest of chickadees outside the front door! They are so cute! Not sure how many are stuffed in the little nest but it’s at least 5! Mom and Dad come and feed them often! All packed and
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The sun is out! Beautiful blue sky! We went with Chuck and Donna to lunch in Newland, NC then headed to Roan Mountain, TN. We walked the Garden trail that goes through a rhododendron garden. The rhodos where blooming but the rain had washed many blooms away. It was still very pretty. The trail then
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 14
Overcast but not raining…yet! Went into downtown West Jefferson. In and out of shops. Rain started…went into Boondocks and had a light lunch. Drove to the Blue Ridge Parkway hoping it would not be raining there and we could find a trail to walk. Less than 2 miles from the trail we chose it started
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 13
A lazy Sunday in the rain. Met Chuck and Donna for brunch in Boone. Got soaked! We’ll try to get out tomorrow!
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 12
Well, our little idyllic backyard with the nice little waterfall has turned into a FLOOD Zone! These are the before photos: These next photos were from this morning around 10am These next 2 photos show that the water has come up over one of the little bridges… These next photos are around 6pm…the water
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 11
Rain rain rain…. We were going to go with Chuck and Donna to Roan Mountain to see the rhododendron in bloom. But…the rain… We just hunkered down, went grocery shopping later in the day and were just lazy. Stay tuned!
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 10
Great day! Our friends Chuck and Donna Wallace are up here at their Sugar Mountain condo and we met in Boone for dinner then went back to their place for conversation. Chuck and Joe had not met before, so they ran out of conversation before Donna and I did! Sugar Mountain is about 45 minutes
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 7
Another super lazy day! We’re pathetic! Reading in the back yard by the waterfall, sitting in the hot tub, watching fireflies at night! Life is good!
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 8
Looking for trails to walk from the Blue Ridge Parkway, we found this trail that ended at a waterfall. This was a relatively short 1.6 mile trail, but…I may have chosen the wrong turn at some point and it was a 2.4 mile trip instead! Ooops! The waterfall was beautiful! The temps here are heavenly!
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 9
Ok…we got up off the couch today! We went to Moses Cone Park to pick one of the 11 walking trails to check the exercise box for the day! We settled on a 3.2 mile course. I take back all the times I laughed at my dad when he said he walked to school in
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