The Blue Ridge mountains to be precise. A little town called Seven Devils near Banner Elk, North Carolina. Beautiful being up here with the family.

Interesting drive up here. Rained most of the way and then we hit fog once we gained some elevation. Also had an accident happen just a couple of car links ahead of me. The driver somehow hit the median and lost control, was spinning and bouncing around, pieces of the car flying about, then slid back into the highway backwards. I’m doing 60 mph and went into full avoidance mode, dodging him off to the right shoulder and successfully bypassing the wreckage. Scary shit!

Getting up to our “cabin” in the woods was on some steep, narrow and twisty highway, but damn, I can’t recall ever driving a more beautiful road. And it’s nice having everyone sharing time under one roof again. Let’s go to the pictures:

Told you it was foggy!

“It’s not smoke, it’s vapor!”
I actually thought we were in the Smoky Mountains. Granddaughter Gracyn schooled me on my erroneous geography. “It’s the Blue Ridge papa!”

Out of the fog and heading on up…

We are past peak, but there is still plenty of color in the trees…

The cabin is a 5 bedroom McMansion!

The requisite fireplace. It’s gas log which keeps things easy peasy…

The bar with a huge screen TV.

The living area…

Dining with a view…

Working in the kitchen…we had homemade pizza last night…

Downstairs basement features a pool table…

…Ping pong and darts and outside is a Jacuzzi…

I snagged the downstairs bedroom…

….featuring this big ass bathtub and walk in shower…

And four more bedrooms upstairs…

No idea what this thing is for…

Got a little snow last night…

Me and the kids keeping warm by the fire…

I was up with the sun this morning…

…enjoying the morning views…

A full day of hanging with the family is on tap. Hopefully it warms up some and I can get in a nice mountain hike.

More to come, stay tuned!