Good Ole' Mountain Air

This past weekend we went up to Blowing Rock in the mountains and stayed for a few days. It is always so wonderful to go up there and just relax. We had NOTHING to do all weekend and it was wonderful. It always seems to be at least 20 degrees cooler up there, so that was a great escape from the 99 degree temps we have been having at home. The house we stay in is my Aunt’s family’s place (thanks C&F)….it is so nice. Just a great mountain home with BEAUTIFUL views.

Tweetsie Railroad is just below at the bottom of the mountain…and like clockwork at 9:28am you can hear Tweetsie’s first whistle of the day and see the smoke from the engine. SOOO cool….he toots on and off throughout the hour, but the big toots are usually around 28 mins past the hour. So neat! You can also faintly hear the gun shots from the “train robbery” that happens during your train ride. I think if we are able to go up again before fall, OG will get a chance to go to Tweetsie.

While we were up there we also went to downtown Blowing Rock. They have such neat stores and sites and a cool kids playground. OG really loved it. We had a yummy lunch here. Her fave place seemed to be the Mast General Store…they have candy by the barrel. She really liked the candy lipstick and the long swirly sucker. YUM!

Can’t wait to go back!