Each year for MANY years, we've gone to the mountains. Ever since I was a year old, my parents and I would go to the mountains. Maggie Valley and Cherokee, NC, that is... We'd go about 3 times a year. Then when I was about 19 yrs old, we went over the mountains to Pigeon Forge, TN. The previous picture and the one directly below is Maggie Valley.
Then when my husband and I were married, that's where we went on our honeymoon. I found out that when I was living with my parents and going to the mountains, he and his parents were going to those SAME mountains! At the SAME time!
I remember going up to Ghost Town on the chair lift when I was about 8 yrs old. It was hot! And at that time when you rode the chair lift, you went over a field of cows. Guess what I could smell halfway to the top of the mountain?! Yep.
They closed Ghost Town down several years ago, but thank goodness, they opened it up again! You can see below the area where the chair lift is and a roller coaster ride at the top of the mountain!
These were rustic cabin rentals! It's actually very pretty out there even tho, personally, I'm not ready to go rustic. But it WAS pretty. Very relaxing looking.
This is a famous hill going into the Maggie Valley/Cherokee area. There are many souvenier shops on this path. Some are closed now, but there are a couple still open. There is a point on this mountain where you see the best view of Maggie Valley.
My favorite place to eat is the Maggie Valley Restaurant! Last year, my toddler son had a ball flirting with the waitresses there! He was pretty much center of attention! Woowee!
I hope our sons will like the mountains when they get older!
