What a beautiful town in the mountains of North Carolina! Spring is beginning to bloom and the trees leaf out. We followed Doug (Boots’ Nephew) up Bald Mountain to his mountain top cabin at about 4,600 feet. “Cabin” may be a misnomer as this is really a large home with all of the modern amenities (flat panel TV, washer/dryer, running water, pool table - Karma wanted to play with the balls - etc.). But it is definitely up the mountain. Halfway up is a slow rise back and forth up the mountain. Then there is a sharp double switchback and the drive up gets seriously steep. It’s like the last few yards on the Flattop Mountain Trail in Anchorage but its’ about 5 miles. It felt like straight up especially on the curves. But the reward is the beautiful view down the mountain and across North Carolina.
Again, we are in a small town with a lot of public murals around the commercial downtown. We have noticed these in a number of smaller towns so far on our trip. West Jefferson also has a historic and well known fresco in a local church. It’s on our list to visit –so we’ll let you know.
