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We made that trip to Boone a few weeks back with my dad and F-I-L. We were looking for some log home places dad was telling us were over that way and just out for a drive.
Not going to Hungry Mother today, dad and Angi not feeling to well. Thinking of headin to the lake this evenin, Angi may or may not go want to go if she doesn't or for that matter even if she does.
Which lake? If you do go, stop by the house, I might be inclined to go although I'm cleaning house & camper today.
BTW, if anyone is interested, the campground we stayed at is:
http://www.honeybearcampground.com/
Clean, pretty quiet at night, great bath house (very very hot showers). We stayed at site A31.
Within 10 minutes of downtown Boone, 20 minutes from Blowing Rock and Tweetsie Railroad, 30 minutes from Grandfather Mountain.
Ate at a nice Italian place on Friday night, Pssghettis. Pricey, but damn good food. The caprese was absolutely wonderful, as was the calimari and carpaccio.
And Boone is only about 2 hours away from Wise Co. If not for the hippies, it could be the perfect destination.
I may have to load up and head down there sometime. Kacy has been talking about Tweetsie and such here lately.
My in-laws took my neice and nephew down there a couple of weeks ago. They had a ball.
But they're 5 and 3.
All this talk is making me jealous [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]
There are a lot of places I'd like to go this summer/fall.
Emerald Pointe, North Carolina Zoo, Williamsburg, some hiking, etc.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1inStripes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I may have to load up and head down there sometime. Kacy has been talking about Tweetsie and such here lately. </div></div>
Better do it this year since they are closing Tweetsie after this season.
thanks for the heads up on that. Probably will then. I was hoping to go later when Olivia might like it better, but I guess she wouldn't like it when its closed.
We drove by there a few weeks back when we were over there like I said earlier. I can't believe how much that place and the area surrounding it has grown. I remember when I was a kid going to Tweetsie and it was out in the middle of nowhere now it has a four-lane highway right in front of it and town has stretced out to it.
Boone/Blowing Rock is turning into the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg of western NC.
I wondered why you like "Blowing" Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE HE