N. Carolina Mountains

14 – 17 November 2016

My friend of more than thirty years moved from Pompano Beach, Florida to Jefferson, North Carolina this summer after having lived there since the 60’s! Chickie Olsen and I have been friends through the Lutheran Church and the Florida Education Association as leaders in each group over the years.

As Chick shared pix of her new home in Jefferson I couldn’t wait to see it and celebrate her new home. We’re always so busy gabbing when we visit we never got a pic of the two of us. Way to go, Chick! LOL  This pic was at the Pompano house in 2014.
I left Orlando on Monday morning at 9:00 and got there after a beautiful drive at 8:30pm. Traffic, as always seems to be the case, was crazy at Charlotte even though I took the newish I-285 outer belt. This was the night of the Super Moon. As I was approaching the mountains of Western North Carolina, it rose in it’s most huge and beautiful splendor. Unfortunately traffic was so thick I couldn’t get a safe spot to pull over and take a pic.

Chick’s house is in a golf course gated community and beautiful. It was a very nice crisp night when I arrived with the temp in the low 50’s. The morning was much cooler in the 30’s but warmed up quickly to the 50’s again.

 

    

We spent a few days catching up with each other and seeing a few of the local spots. The mountains are beautiful in Autumn. We made a fun stop at a tiny Episcopal church that has a Fresco in it that was done in the 80’s. It’s very nice.

   

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Of course, time with old friends involves some good food. We stopped at Shatley Springs Inn for a superb country food lunch.