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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Just started posting pics from the vacation, which are worthwhile if only to see how ably I am embodying the potbellied geek tradition.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

Nice landscape pics. Get alittle more sun, that will fool alot of people into thinkin you are not a geek. [Wink]

But seriously, where are you vacationing?

edit: Or more accurately where is Maggie Valley?

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Very pretty - nice photos, Chris. (I haven't ever finished uploading my vacation photos yet - it takes more effort than I've felt like putting forth lately).

The area you show is one that I would like to visit someday. I usually vacation western U.S. and have not seen very many states East.

FG

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

West of Asheville, north of the Blue Ridge Parkway, east of the Cherokee reservation. Just off 276 where it hits 19-23. Our cabin was here.

And sun doesn't help. I've lived in central Florida for 40 years, no luck yet. I redden, I peel, I remain ghostlike in appearance.

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

This also the farthest west I've ever been, narrowly edging out St. Petersburg.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Oh my, Chris! How can you possibly be a well-rounded columnist if you've never been west of the Mississippi?

[Smile]

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

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And sun doesn't help. I've lived in central Florida for 40 years, no luck yet. I redden, I peel, I remain ghostlike in appearance.

heh, my best friend is the same way. Any chance you are scandinavian by heritage?

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

I have no clue: I'm adopted. Which has the unexpected advantage of making racial bigotry even more senseless than usual for me than it already is since I wouldn't know which races to despise.

What I am is a poor columnist, FG. When we looked around for vacation spots Teres actually found a killer deal on airfare to San Fransisco, a city I've always wanted to visit, but we realized that meals and accomodations would kill us. The NC vacation, including cabin, rental car, airfare, and meals, ran under $1,000.

Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :

I love NC, it's one of our favorite vacations. Probably because it's the closest mountains.

Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

Beautiful! There is nothing like the sound of creeks and wind rushing through the trees. I can hear it from here . . . *smiles wistfully*