{"id":35196,"date":"2024-01-24T10:18:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rightupmyaliway.com\/?p=35196"},"modified":"2024-01-24T10:18:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T10:18:48","slug":"winter-break-vacation-to-nc-part-i-1-24-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightupmyaliway.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/winter-break-vacation-to-nc-part-i-1-24-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"**Winter Break Vacation to NC Part I** {1.24.2024}"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Today, I’m sharing Part I of our Winter vacation, which also happened to be part of Addison’s Christmas present. We left Tuesday, the day after Christmas, and headed to Boone, NC. Joey and I had never been there before, and we saw there was lots to see and do.\u00a0<\/p>

It was a chilly drive up, and we ended up stopping to see the Nantahala river just to stretch our legs.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The weather was very dreary when we got to Boone. We headed to the downtown area to walk around for a bit before we checked into our hotel.\u00a0<\/p>

The town was cute.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We loved the Mast General store. So many neat things, and they had a little bit of everything. I snapped a pic of A.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We left there and got settled in at our hotel. There weren’t a lot of lodging options. We stayed at the Graystone Lodge, and it was very nice. I have nothing but positive things to say about it.\u00a0<\/p>

Wednesday morning, we had a bit of time before our snow tubing reservations that afternoon. We headed up to see Sugar Mountain (ski resort) and then headed on to see Grandfather Mountain which is a National park. It is considered the highest peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains. There were huge boulders throughout the park.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We headed up the mountain and stopped at these rocks. Sphinx rock is considered to be 640 million years old and weighs 4000 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We snapped some pics.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We went into the visitor’s center which was very nice.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Around the Visitor’s center there were enclosures with animals from the region.\u00a0<\/p>

There were Bald Eagles, Black Bears, Otters, and Elk. There was also mountain lions, but we couldn’t ever see them in their cage.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After we left the center, we headed further up the mountain. It was getting steep and very foggy\/cloudy.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I thought I could talk myself into walking across the bridge, but Nope…. the clouds came up, and I read the people limit, and I said no way. Haha! I don’t like heights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Addison and Joey did it. I stayed on solid ground, on top. We got Addison a stuffed mountain lion, and she named it Millie. So, Millie had to come everywhere with us and be in all the pictures. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Then, we started back down the mountain because we needed to start heading to our snow tubing reservations.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We had made reservations at Hawks Nest Tubing in Seven Devils, NC. It wasn’t far from Boone but did have it’s own city address.\u00a0<\/p>

Even though the temperatures weren’t that cold, we ended up wearing our snow gear. I didn’t want to be wet. Joey, however, declined wearing his. Then, he was wet. #eyeroll<\/p>

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Our session was for 2 hours which was really plenty of time.\u00a0<\/p>

There were 4 tubing areas. Thankfully they had conveyer belts to bring you up the hills. Haha!\u00a0<\/p>

Even though it was artificial snow, there was a lot of it.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We were all having a blast. So much laughing.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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At the end of our session, this sweet lady offered to take a family pic. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After we left, we changed out of our clothes and stopped at The Pedalin Pig BBQ. It was good. Very busy.\u00a0<\/p>

When we got back to the hotel, Addison wanted to get in the indoor pool. We obliged. She loved it!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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That night, she was wiped out. And snuggling with Millie.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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That’s it for the first part of our trip. I will share the second part in a later post. I hope you’re all having a great Wednesday! I’ll see you back on Friday for our week’s favorites.\u00a0<\/p>

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