Travel, Family & The Best Things in Life
Today we are visiting Lenoir, North Carolina. The historic town was established in 1841 and named after Revolutionary War hero William Lenoir. A little over an hour drive from Charlotte, NC and Asheville, NC, Greensboro and Winston Salem and in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lenoir is the perfect spot for day trip, a great pit stop if […]
We left Charlotte at about 8 in the morning and arrived in Boone around 10. The drive was easy and the winding roads leading to the entrance of the Park were lovely. We parked the car and went to the visitor center first where we spoke to the nice lady behind the window for a short bit before grabbing a […]
If you are planning a visit to the quintessential town of Blowing Rock and the near by Blue Ridge Mountains, Moses Cone Manor should definitely be on your list of must see places in the area. Whether you begin your visit at the well kept grounds and home offering beautiful views of the surroundings or decide to follow the old […]
A beautiful well kept secret awaits you just outside Danbury, North Carolina. Remnants of a once-mighty range of peaks, the Sauratown Mountains range, rises from 1,700 feet to more than 2,500 feet in elevation and stands even taller while surrounded by the valley and countryside. Here among these ancient mountains which have been bitten down by wind, water and other […]
Back in 1774 for the small fee of 20 shillings, Thomas Jefferson purchased the Natural Bridge and 157 surrounding acres from King George III, built a two-room cabin on the property as a retreat for himself and his guests, making Virginia’s Natural Bridge one of the oldest tourist destinations in the United States. He described the bridge as “the most […]
UPDATED FEBRUARY 2023 Chances are if you have driven around Yadkin Valley in North Carolina you have seen the Pilot Mountain Pinnacle towering over the surrounding landscape reaching for the clouds. This distinctive nature wonder was used for navigational purposes for hundreds of years by Native Americans and European settlers and it is easy to see why while looking at […]