Marisa always looks forward to spending her birthday in Boone. Our tradition was dinner at Twigs,but this year we decided to try something different. We settled on the 1861 Farmhouse, a wonderful Farm to Table restaurant/winery in Valle Crucis. The place is outfitted in a very shabby chic style with mismatched furnishings, mismatched dinnerware and […]
August 14, 2011 – 9:47 pm
While on vacation at our Bearfoot Hideaway cabin in the mountains of North Carolina this summer, we decided to take a whitewater rafting excursion. It has been a particularly dry summer, and we were afraid that the water levels would be too low for the rafting trip. After a few phone calls to the rafting […]
August 29, 2010 – 10:00 am
Tweetsie Railroad is one of the most sought after attractions in the High Country. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Steam Engine #12 was built in 1917. You can hop on board and have a real Wild West experience, complete with Cowboys & Indians and a ‘real’ train robbery! The Theme Park has […]
Spending the day on Watauga Lake is one of my favorite summertime activities. We typically rent a pontoon boat for a little over $100 for the whole day. The boats are equipped with radio and CD player. A fully stocked picnic hamper and a stack of CDs makes the day perfect. The kids settled in for […]
August 10, 2008 – 8:13 pm
Upper Creek Falls is a gorgeous series of falls and cascades in Burke County NC. It is a short drive on Hwy 181 off the Blue Ridge Parkway MM 312.5. A short hike from the parking area, you come to some impressive smooth rocks with water cascading over them. Do not […]
The Virginia Creeper Bike Trail is an 18 mile trail along a former railroad track bed. If you start at the top at Whitetop Station, the trail is mostly a gentle 5° downhill grade. There are a few companies that will rent you the mountain bikes and truck you up to the top of Whitetop. […]
During our latest trip, we went out to the scenic Julian Price park to go canoeing and fishing. The lake was absolutely breathtaking! There was a quaint shop on the edge, where we bought “top of the line” bait. (Who knew fish liked corn?!) So, we geared up and set out on the pristine lake. […]
August 10, 2007 – 10:36 pm
Once in awhile, you happen upon a place that is such a perfect representation of an icon that you think eveyone knows about it. We found the PERFECT summer swimming hole/waterfall! Elk River Falls is not well known to area visitors! Which makes it a very special quiet place! A short hike from the parking area, […]
This summer has been brutally hot, so the family decided we would cool off by going tubing down the river by the cabin. The river was ice-cold, but once we got going, we couldn’t feel it anymore. The river was a bit slow and low, having been dry this season, but we had a great […]