NC

We enjoyed our stay in the North Carolina mountains. The weather was pleasant. We spent time on Mt. Pisgah, Mt. Mitchell (the highest point east of the Mississippi River), and Grandfather Mountain with its mile high swinging bridge. We climbed to the top(some of us) of Chimney Rock and hiked to the waterfalls where part of The Last of the Mohicans was filmed. We spent several days driving the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. We spent a fun day whitewater rafting on the French Broad River with a group of National Guardsmen who were in the area for a N.G. convention. We hiked the grounds, gardens, and toured George Vanderbilt's summer home, Biltmore. I think it is the largest private residence in America. We also walked through the lobby of the Grove Park Inn. And we shopped at Mast General Store, an old-time general store started in 1883 that carried everything from cradles to caskets. I'll post a few pictures to give a general idea of what we did. The old farmer would like to go back some day.

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

Numbers 24:6