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| Lake Junaluska |
A couple of weeks back Mom and Pop took a scenic drive to the next county over to see Lake Junaluska, a 200 acre lake in the mountains.
It is the home of the World Methodist Council and they have retreats and conferences there year round. It is also a lakeside community of about 2500 people.
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| Wood bridge over the dam |
It is a dammed lake and this old wood bridge goes over the dam - makes a lot of noise when cars drive over the boards.
Some homes on the lake are new like this one and others date from 1913 when they first built the lake and community. This side of the lake is very steep and the homes have many steps up or like the one below - an outdoor elevator to get up!
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| Home with an outdoor elevator |
The town offers a 3 mile walkway around the lake over two bridges. One bridge cuts off the last mile making it a 2 mile walk - this is the one the beans took. The last leg of the walk is a rose garden with flowers of all colors and sizes. They were still blooming in late September when they visited but probably are not now.
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| Rose garden |
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| Memorial chapel |
There are many ducks, geese and water fowl that live here too - and all pretty used to people. Bet they get fed well.
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| Bridge cutting off the last mile. |
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| One of many feathered residents. |
Hope you enjoyed this week's trip. Next week we may be seeing some fall foliage so check back in! Have a great weekend - are your beans doing anything special?
Our 13 year old Joey has some health issues to be treated - asthma, early CRF and a couple of lumps on his neck. Check out our sale blog Wildcat Woods Vintage Treasures for some great gift ideas and help raise money for Joey. Oh and please share the blog link!
What great pictures and a nice place to visit. Love those bridges. Hope you have a great week end.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a beautiful place - we wish we could visit it. We have some lovely places around us but not as wonderful as that.
ReplyDeleteLuv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
What a beautiful area you live in, so many delightful places to visit.
ReplyDeleteWe send love and rumbly purrs to Joey for his upcoming surgery, we hope it goes well and he recovers swiftly.
Thank you so much for your kind comments to us on the loss of our Oliver, we miss him so much.
Gerry & Mungo
Really beutiful trip you took us on !
ReplyDeletehave a pawsome weekend :)
Looks like a great way to spend time.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures. Hope your weekend is good.
We are purring for Joey!
This looks like such an idyllic setting! (not sure if I'm spelling that correctly) Thanks for sharing the beauty!
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Debby in Arizona
What pawsome effort you make for so many cats. Wish I had a kazillion bucks to offer, best I can do is send my paw pats and hugs for now, Savannah
ReplyDeleteLooks like a beautiful weekend getaway!
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed the beautiful tour you gave us xoxo have a sweet sunday dear
ReplyDeleteI am so so grateful that you exceeded the goal for Joey.
ReplyDeleteLots of purrs for Joey. We hope the news will be good.
ReplyDeleteYears ago, we took a "girls vacation" to a site that had hillside cottages. We were thankful we didn't have a lot of steps to ours!
Looks like a nice place to spend some time. Sending Joey lots of good thoughts and warm wishes on getting better!
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
That is such a nice place. We wish we can visit too!
ReplyDeleteWe hope Joey will be doing well in his surgery! Many purrs from us.
purrs,
Garlic & Ginger
Get well soon, Joey. :). (((Luv)))
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful place to visit! Thanks to your mom and dad for sharing it with us through this post. :)
ReplyDeleteWe are purring and praying for Joey. And we put a little in the Chip-in ... sorry it's not more, but we hope it helps!
How lovely and clean it all looks! Purrs for Joey.
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