Friday, July 13, 2018

Highlands, NC Get-Away May 18 - 20, 2018

May 18, 2018
    We're off to visit George Thompson and Joanie in their Highlands, NC Get-Away.  We've always wanted to visit the Cashiers/Highlands area, so we're excited.  The drive started off nice and dry, until we reached the mountains surrounding Cashiers/Highlands, then the liquid sunshine appeared! After arriving at George & Joanie's lovely lakeside home, we learned that we were actually in a temperate rainforest.  Who knew????  George told us that it rains over 80 inches per year!  Wow!  Joanie prepared a fabulous dinner -  chicken parmesan, salad, and Italian bread - which we totally enjoyed.  After dinner, we watched a movie, and visited, visited, visited.  It was such fun getting acquainted with Joanie, and reminiscing with George.

May 19, 2018
   After a delicious breakfast prepared by George, we departed on a tour of the lovely area, including the country club/golf course that employs George, Highlands Falls.  All I can say is OMG!!!!!  It is beyond description!  We rode around the course to view the famous Hole #15, ranked in the top 100 of the most beautiful golf course holes in the world.  Yep!  Then, we toured the area to include a stop at the Cashiers Farmers market. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Randevu Restaurant, then came back home to watch The Notebook!  What a terrific day.

May 20, 2018
   We started the morning by feeding the sweet geese that Joanie has trained!  Seriously, she walks out to their dock, and the geese magically appear for oatmeal!
   After a wonderful breakfast, we load up for our drive home.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, Joanie and George for a most relaxing, fun-filled weekend.  Can't wait to see you in Atlanta!

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