Friday, October 26, 2012
Friday
It is another beautiful morning here in the NC mountains. It is almost 60 degrees and predictions are for it to be over 70 degrees this afternoon. Sharon, Teresa, and Herman arrived last night around 10 PM. Henry and Herman are out playing golf at the nine-hole golf course here in Franklin. We plan on going gem hunting this afternoon. Took some panorama photos out on the parkway.
Labels: mountains, parkway, travel, vacation
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Day 4 The Journey Continues...
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| The fog rolled in down the valley. |
We ate breakfast and watched the local news. I made brownies. The brownies are not the Weight Watcher kind but I think I can resist but the smell is wafting through the cabin. Hope to go to Waynesville or maybe Murphy today. We are thinking about driving the Smoky Mountain drive up to Mt. Mitchell tomorrow.
Labels: brownies, cabin, fog, Franklin, mountains, valley, Waynesville
Monday, October 22, 2012
Mountain Trail Day 2
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| Drinking coffe on the front porch in the cool morning |
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| Hole 4 at the golf course |
The ladybugs are swarming around. There are lots of them. I figured them for spring critters, not fall.
Also we drove around a mountain and went to Bryson City. It is a cute town. We didn’t get out, just killing time. This cabin is for sale which we did not know for sure until this morning when the owner called to say that a realtor was bringing someone by to take a look at it. Of course the realtor called a second time to sat another looker was coming around in about an hour. So we headed to Bryson City.
Labels: Bryson City, coffee, Franklin Golf Course, golf, mountains, porch
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The Call of the Mountains 2010
What another wonderful trip we had this year. The scenery was beautiful , the friendships warm, and the shopping great!
We departed from Sandy's place around 8:00 AM and headed up highway 61 via a special route Judy was used to using. We stopped in Spartanburg at the Cracker Barrel for some lunch. We arrived in Black Mountain around 2ish. We shopped in our usual little treasure troves of goodies. We drove up the mountain to our lodgings and unpacked stuff and made our beds. It was cool but not as cold as in older times. But we discovered later that evening that the Kiwanis Thrifty shop had moved from its old location down the hill. Oh well change can sometimes be good. We dined at the Coach House. Most of us indulged in various fried seafood. Yes, seafood in the western North Carolina mountains.
Saturday morning we indulged in hot coffee and some of Sandy's wonderful pumpkin muffins. I did bring a loaf of apple bread which we also partook of. We discussed the possibility of adding craisins to the bread.
We set off (after a stop at the service station) for Waynesville. What a wonderful shopping area. We plan on returning and wander through the stores we missed as well as the ones we visited. There is a wonderful chocolate store! We lunched at Cafe 50 and the food was scumpcious. We also very secretively bought a coconut cake to celebrate Sandy's and Eileen's birthdays.
We returned to the Mountain after stopping at the local Pizza Hut to get pizza to take with us. Of the six of us four are retired math teachers who spent part of the evening after we ate and celebrated the birthdays teaching Connie to do those number puzzles.
We arose Sunday morning to a glorious day. As we sat breathing in the mountain air Connie spotted a momma deer and her two babies. That sightinh was a first for us. Reluctantly we traveled down the mountain and onto I-40 towards the WNC Farmers' Market. We stopped at the Moose Cafe and ate breakfast. Boy, do those folks know how to feed people! We walked through the market. I bought a loaf of cinnamon raisin sourdough bread at the bakery.
We left the market and headed east to our usual apple spot and the dish barn. After gathering our fruit we headed for our final destination- home! I hope next year's trip is just a wonderful.
We departed from Sandy's place around 8:00 AM and headed up highway 61 via a special route Judy was used to using. We stopped in Spartanburg at the Cracker Barrel for some lunch. We arrived in Black Mountain around 2ish. We shopped in our usual little treasure troves of goodies. We drove up the mountain to our lodgings and unpacked stuff and made our beds. It was cool but not as cold as in older times. But we discovered later that evening that the Kiwanis Thrifty shop had moved from its old location down the hill. Oh well change can sometimes be good. We dined at the Coach House. Most of us indulged in various fried seafood. Yes, seafood in the western North Carolina mountains.
Saturday morning we indulged in hot coffee and some of Sandy's wonderful pumpkin muffins. I did bring a loaf of apple bread which we also partook of. We discussed the possibility of adding craisins to the bread.
We set off (after a stop at the service station) for Waynesville. What a wonderful shopping area. We plan on returning and wander through the stores we missed as well as the ones we visited. There is a wonderful chocolate store! We lunched at Cafe 50 and the food was scumpcious. We also very secretively bought a coconut cake to celebrate Sandy's and Eileen's birthdays.
We returned to the Mountain after stopping at the local Pizza Hut to get pizza to take with us. Of the six of us four are retired math teachers who spent part of the evening after we ate and celebrated the birthdays teaching Connie to do those number puzzles.
We arose Sunday morning to a glorious day. As we sat breathing in the mountain air Connie spotted a momma deer and her two babies. That sightinh was a first for us. Reluctantly we traveled down the mountain and onto I-40 towards the WNC Farmers' Market. We stopped at the Moose Cafe and ate breakfast. Boy, do those folks know how to feed people! We walked through the market. I bought a loaf of cinnamon raisin sourdough bread at the bakery.
We left the market and headed east to our usual apple spot and the dish barn. After gathering our fruit we headed for our final destination- home! I hope next year's trip is just a wonderful.
Labels: apples, ducks, Montreat, mountains, swans. Lake Susan, western North Carolina
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Montreat 2009
The trip this year was later than usual. The air was crisp. We arrived around the middle of the afternoon. After unpacking and making our beds we climbed up the stairs to the big front porch. We sat in the rockers and watched the sun slide down behind the mountains. It was a gorgeous sunset.
Early Saturday morning we ventured out to the stamp store in Swannanoah. It was a good time as we learned to make several different cards. Then we shopped downtown Black Mountain. There were a few new stores. We went to both chocolate stores- one is very expensive and has lots of different truffles. The other has ice cream, delicious candies and caramel apples. Saturday evening we dined at the Red Rocker Inn. The meal was scrumptious. And on Sunday we traveled to the WNC Farmer's Market and then to the dish barn and the apple stand. The drive home was a slower one as it was raining.
Early Saturday morning we ventured out to the stamp store in Swannanoah. It was a good time as we learned to make several different cards. Then we shopped downtown Black Mountain. There were a few new stores. We went to both chocolate stores- one is very expensive and has lots of different truffles. The other has ice cream, delicious candies and caramel apples. Saturday evening we dined at the Red Rocker Inn. The meal was scrumptious. And on Sunday we traveled to the WNC Farmer's Market and then to the dish barn and the apple stand. The drive home was a slower one as it was raining.
Labels: apples, mountains, Red Rocker, vacation
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Montreat 2008
Our gang is going to Montreat Halloween weekend. I hope it will be cold and that there will still be leaves. The plans are to shop Black Mountain and rest. I hope all eight of us are going. I missed the whole gang going last year but I still had lots of fun.
The leaves last November were the best I have ever seen! What a gorgeous landscape. Plans are to sit on the porch and rock a lot, do some crafts, and catch up on the news. I want to look at what real estate is available for sale in the area too.
Labels: Montreat, mountains, western North Carolina
