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
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 6
Did nothing…got nothing! Great lazy day!
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 5
We went to Price Lake today that is off the Blue Ridge Parkway. This was after a lazy morning…. Beautiful setting for the 2.4 mile walk around the lake . This rock looked like a shark! We met this little girl on the way around… Close to the end of the walk
Read MoreNC Mtns – Day 4
Another perfect day: Slept late, lazed around, then went to dinner and a walk. It is 63 degrees at 7pm! Joe’s “happy place”! My “happy place” and next book I’m reading! Oh, half of our walking was in WalMart – is started sprinkling…at 63 degrees it’s a little cool to walk in the rain!
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