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We left on Friday for our two-hour trip up into the mountains. There were, of course, a ton of twists and turns, and I was literally feeling dizzy and a teeny bit car sick. Seriously. I never get car sick. Jaiden was getting really antsy, too--the poor guy just couldn't get comfortable, and he kept getting up and whining.
We finally turned off the highway and onto the residential road near the cabin. Just a few more miles to go! The first thing we ran into was this not-too-inviting bridge:
Next thing we saw was a landslide that had slid onto the road and hadn't been cleaned up. It was blocking about a foot of the right lane.
Anyway, we continued on, over another sixteen bridges, with a fast-moving creek following us along the way. The road became a gravel road, and we began feeling more and more isolated. I mean, part of the attraction of a mountain cabin is seclusion, but it was kind of creepy at first.
The first thing we did after arriving at the cabin was HOT TUBBING! I'd give anything to be able to have a hot tub. Or even just a jetted tub in our bathroom (which we're working on--hoping to move out of here soon...). They're so relaxing.
One of the lamps in the bedroom was one of those touch lamps--you touch it, it turns on/off. So I touched it to turn it off when we went to bed... and an hour later, I woke up and it was on. Kinda creeped out, I got up, turned it off again... and an hour later, it was on again. I did this a couple more times, got sick of it, and unplugged the thing.
The next morning, Eric and I ventured into "town" (basically just a little convenience shop and a couple of restaurants). The Nantahala River was right there, too, along with the Appalachian Trail. We couldn't have picked a better spot for our cabin. There was so much to do. We took pictures of the river, which was gorgeous, hiked a little bit up the Appalachian Trail, ate some lunch, watched the kayakers, and just took in the sights.
We made our dinner in the cabin that night, had some delicious champagne, and watched HGTV and HBO (hey, cable TV is a luxury for us!).
The cabin had a guestbook, so we were going through the entries, and read the last one (left March 4, 2012). It basically said, "Thank you for sharing your cabin with us and allowing us to get to know one another after being apart for 30 years." EEK! Eric and I were dying to know the story behind that. Had they known each other in high school, drifted apart, and got back in touch after each divorcing? Had they had an affair? Was it a one-time thing, or were they going to continue seeing each other? Sigh. We'll probably never know.
It was sad to leave. It's never been so nice to have absolutely nothing that we *had* to do. Before we left, I gave Jaiden a couple of Benadryl to hopefully help him sleep and not be so whiny. ;) We also left the chair up so that he'd have something to rest against when the car twisted around the hills. Worked like a charm.
Okay, pictures!
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