Blowing Rock, North Carolina has been special for us since we moved to North Carolina. When we lived in Mooresville, we would leave for Blowing Rock by 8:00 a.m., hike by 10:00 and have lunch by 1:00. Aloma would shop after lunch while I sat on a park bench drinking coffee and watching people. We usually left for home before 3:00, leaving temperatures in the mid-seventies and returning to Mooresville with temperatures in the nineties. We loved those trips.
Now that we’re living in Cary, the drive to Blowing Rock is over three hours. Six hours of driving is too much for us for a day trip. So for the past three years, we go once but stay for a couple of days.
After an extremely hot July, we were more than ready for cool temperatures in Blowing Rock. We stayed for three nights in the motel where I broke my hip 15 years ago. Our balcony overlooked huge fir trees and a fast moving brook. The temperatures were mild, a low one morning of 53 degrees and no daytime temperature higher than 76. It was perfect.
Last year, because of the pain in her hip, Aloma could barely walk around Bass Lake, stopping every hundred yards to sit. In spite of her broken femur during a hip replacement in December, she not only walked around the lake with ease this year but hiked up the switchback trail for over 30 minutes. Wow!
We’re thankful we can drive to such a wonderful place in only three hours. Next, we’re planning a trip to the seashore next month - again, only a three hour drive.
Seasoned Man
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