Oconaluftee Visitor Center and Mountain Farm Museum

Hi Friends,

Today I’m sharing a wonderful little side trip we took right off the bottom of the Blue Ridge Park Way in NC. We stopped at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center and Mountain Farm Museum.

http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/mfm.htm

There is a full farm here reconstructed from real farm buildings relocated from the Smokey Mountains.

First up was the beautiful Main house. It was so neat. A true log cabin.

The back and the meat house to the left.

 

A view across the field towards the barn at the back of the property.

My Husband putting on a mustache in front of the Black Smiths shop. Hahaha! He cracks me up!

Inside the shop.

Out buildings. Corn Cribs, Apple house.

A ranger working the garden.

Inside the barn.

The hay stack.

One of the Corn Cribs.

A beautiful fence.

It was a very cool step back in time.

I wonder if this era is really where I belonged? I think so. I would rather be washing clothes in the creek everyday than sitting behind this computer. ;o)

I hope you enjoyed!

Until next time…

Carmen and the Primcats

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Jonathan Creek ~ Maggie Valley, NC

Hi Friends…

I hope you aren’t tired of the beautiful scenery because I have more vacation water pics for you today!

When it’s hot… you don’t get on the bike…you go find water! So that’s just what we did.

Jonathan creek runs through Maggie Valley. It ran behind our campground and then across the street and behind Tammy and Bills Hotel. What to do?

GET IN!

This creek is raging! It’s awesome! And cold because it’s mountain water! Brrrrrr!

The creek forks right behind the hotel… Tammy and I explored both left and right. And this creek is ROCKY! not little rocks. Big rocks! Boulders under that raging water!! It was a workout!

Trying to keep my balance!

Just having a blast!

Thirsty?

Need to keep your tiny drinks from floating away?

Want to keep them cool? 

Build them a river cooler. ;o)

All natural! ;o)

What a perfect day!

You have to find just the right rocks!

 

Our cooler from the hotel balcony.

Now a tiny fishy sanctuary.

The leetle fishies came as soon as we built it.

They were so tiny and cute! I hope our little habitat is still there protecting them!

We always leave it as we found it… but this time we left a little extra for the wildlife!

 

The guys, Bill and Shane, watching us be silly in the creek! They hiked up the creek and climbed out onto that deck. While Tammy and I wasted our day away hiking the creek and building coolers/fishie habitats they wasted their day away sitting in chairs in the creek drinking beer.

Really… could you ask for a better vacation?

Um… no! Greatest ever!

What a beautiful place!

Until next time…

Carmen and the Primcats

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Soco Falls

Hi Friends,

More pics from our vacation!

It was so hot on vacation we decided to find some water to play in. Near Maggie Valley, only about a 10 minute trip away is Soco Falls. A beautiful waterfall in the mountains. We decided to head up and play in it for a few hours.

It was beautiful!!!! You can see how BIG it is by how tiny the people are in this pic.

A great pic of Tammy and I! A framer for sure!

So I guess this is my big weight loss reveal… because you are about to see me in a swimsuit.

Getting ready to get in! The guys stayed up top and watched us play!

Exploring… We love exploring!

Hi guys!!!!!!

These last 3 pics are a funny series of an argument we were having about WHO was going to get in that ice cold mountain waterfall?!? We were cracking up!

Me yelling… “YOU!”

Switching places…

Her yelling… “No, YOU!”

   

Gosh we are silly! In the end we both got wet because Shane threw a drink over the waterfall and I had to get it while Tammy held me steady. Holy moly that was cold!

We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting in the water enjoying the day. Oh how I love playing in creeks!

From the web and oh so true. If only kids today understood this. I know I sure do!

Until next time…

Carmen and the Primcats