North Carolina Vacation

I love North Carolina!! Bob and I traded our time-share for a condo in Sapphire Valley/Cashiers area. We chased after waterfalls for the first 3 or 4 days. They have lots and lots of them.

We also took a train ride thru the Smoky Mountains. The weather was fantastic. It was difficult to come back to Florida and the heat and the humidity...



These are our dear friends, Steve and Jeannie Adler. They live in Waynesville, near Maggie Valley. We stayed with them the first night in their mountain top retreat. They live on top of Utah Mountain. From their place you can see almost 360 degrees. Fabulous home! They took us mountain hiking up Whiteside Mountain, outside of Highlands.It is one of the oldest mountains and one side forms the Eastern Continental Divide. Bob and I struggled to breathe....the air is quite thin way up there!! We went to church with them Sunday. Steve is the Bishop there. It was great to see Jeannie's Mom, Ruth too. We were excited to see the Marty and Merle Share (our Bishop's in laws,who have relocated there).

It was a 9 1/2 hour drive but we got 36 to 38 mpg. Bob said we only used one tank of gas to get there. Our condo was very large...two floors with the master bedroom downstairs. It overlooked the golf course. The clubhouse had two pools, one inside and one outside. It had a free miniature golf course....ask Bob who the champ is???