You will never have to pay to be listed as a top neighbor. Period. That important detail clarified, let's discuss how we arrive at two "top neighbors" for a given region:
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The Blue Ridge "High Country" of North Carolina was hit hard this year after being pummeled by snow storm after snow storm and then a brutal ice storm on Christmas Day.
More then half of Watauga County was left without power and many more with frozen pipes and snowed in vehicles and fallen limbs.
By the looks of outside right now, we're getting another round of ice today!
Though we were given fair warning, I think most of us didn't really believe that we were going to actually get the 2 feet of snow that the forecasters were calling for.
This sort of weather which used to be synonymous with winter in the North Carolina mountains is now much more of an exception than a rule. The main roads have stayed pretty clear throughout but some back roads are still dicey. My driveway being included in that as we can still not get our cars to our house a month later.
Let me start by stating that I don't write blogs about listings very often (and this one isn't even mine). In this case I felt compelled to at least post a few pictures of this "cute as a button" home for sale just outside of Blowing Rock.
"Winterhaven" has been featured in Southern Living Magazine four times and it's easy to see why.
No stone is left unturned when it comes to the architectural design or the aesthetic details. Entering through the stone columns and down the short driveway you will be amazed by the beautifully detailed white brick home with matching garden cottage set around a landscaped circular drive.
When you walk through the door, you feel like you've stepped back in time and yet the home still has all of the modern finishes that you would expect from a home of this caliber.
This home has so many quaint features: from the arched windows, slipper claw foot tubs and glass knobs on all of the doors, to the detailed nooks and crannies and gourmet kitchen. The home sits on a level estate lot of 7.75 acres looking out over Grandfather Mountain.
Winterhaven evokes a feeling of romance that is hard to describe. A place where the past and present are seamlessly fused to create into one feeling of home.
When staying in a Boone
cabin rentals NC a must on my agenda is the Mast General Store. When
I visit Boone
or Blowing Rock from my home in Cary NC I always stay at Serenity
Falls Rental Cabin one of the many Boone cabin rentals NC.
The hardest part is deciding what to do when we go to "town".
Town of course being Boone.
The MastGeneral Store
is always on the top of our list. Established in 1883, it's
like walking back in time entering the doors of an authentic
General Store. My kids first run to the barrels
of loose
"penny" candy. (Of course, now its $5.95 a pound) Candy I remember from
my youth.
Let's see if you remember:
candy dots on strips of paper?
wax bottles filled with "sugary syrup"?
Zots?
Razzle Dazzles?
candy cigarettes (yes, even in 2009!)
The list goes on....
Mast General Store
also offers a variety of housewares, outdoor travel
gear, clothing, mountain gifts, and Appalachian State items.
Whether your spending the weekend visiting App State, skiing, enjoying
Ladies Weekend Boone
cabin rentals NC and the Mast General Store should
be tops on your list. Visiting Cary NC look me up for a
tour.
Blowing Rock is a Town Straight from the Pages of a Storybook
Blowing Rock
cabin rentals NC are usually a hot commodity all year
round. Why? Blowing
Rock is a town straight from the pages of a storybook.
I've been visiting Blowing
Rock for the better part of the past
decade. I'm always amazed by the peaceful warm feeling I
get entering this
storybook town that time seems to forgotten. Blowing Rock
is off of HWY 321 just past Boone
NC. A small sign greet you " Welcome
to Blowing Rock".
Following the winding road one soon finds along main street
lined by quaint shops on the right and a lively park on the left.
"WOW", exclaimed every guest I've ever invited along to this
small mountain village. Blowing Rock is a favorite
destination from my home in Cary NC.
Blowing Rock cabin
rentals NC, especially Serenity
Falls Rental
Cabinhas
become a favorite for my
girl friend annual "Ladies Weekend". It's a weekend
away from hubbies, kids, cooking, and full of wine, hot tub, shopping,
gossip, and relaxing. I thought we were so clever with our
choice of Blowing Rock
cabinrentals
NC for our Ladies Weekend away until we entered Blowing Rock for the
first time. I saw it was full of groups of ladies lingering
about shopping and visiting. Mingling with the other groups
one soon realized ladies travel from near and far to escape life's
stresses and rejuvenate for the weekend along these storybook streets.
Boone all
year-round is
bustling with activity that is why Boone cabin rentals NC are
available all season. Log
cabins such a
Serentiy
Falls Rental Cabin offer a serene atmosphere for
relaxing
and taking in the mountain air while offering a short drive to all the
local attractions Boone
has to offer.
Boone
all year-round is known as the "Heart of the High
Country". Home of
Appalachian University, one of the top 15 universities for the south, Boone benefits from
the college enegry. Art festivals, and shopping from
boutiques to antique stores attract "Ladies Weekend Get-Aways". Skiing,
hiking, hunting, historing landmaks, and of course Christmas Tree
picken' are family favorites. Christmas Tree Pickin' is what
brought my family to Serenity
Falls Rental Cabin all those years ago from our home in Cary NC.
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