Anybody been up that was recently? Alot of tourist, bad as the beach crowd wise. Was thinking about maybe heading up during the week but if it's anything like the beach's forget it. Thanks
Anybody been up that was recently? Alot of tourist, bad as the beach crowd wise. Was thinking about maybe heading up during the week but if it's anything like the beach's forget it. Thanks
Gettin old is for pussies! AND MY NEW TRUE people say like Capt. Tom >>>>>>>>>/
"Wow, often imitated but never duplicated. No one can do it like the master. My hat is off to you DRDUCK!"
Ghost Town in the Sky
I’m kidding. Last time I was up that way you could get a picture with an ancient indian and a live chicken in a vending machine beat me at tic-tac-toe.
No idea if ghost town still exists, but it was awesome when I was 7.
Never been
Gettin old is for pussies! AND MY NEW TRUE people say like Capt. Tom >>>>>>>>>/
"Wow, often imitated but never duplicated. No one can do it like the master. My hat is off to you DRDUCK!"
Went up there 2 years ago the first weekend in December
It was dead, and I mean DEAD.
It looked exactly the same as it did in the 80’s minus any crowd or traffic.
I kinda figured there would be some folks there for Christmas lights and stuff but nope
I am a nobody, that met somebody, that can save anybody.
Not terrible but a lot of people from Florida are there for the summer.
Its pretty laid back. If you want myrtle beach go to gatlinburg. Couple good eats in maggie.
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters" Norman Maclean.
Go to haywoods smokehouse in waynesville, we stayed at creekside with our camper back in the spring and it was nice. They have cabins too
I did some research into it a while back. Apparently someone bought it to renovate and reopen it, but the estimate was more than they thought it was going to be. So they decided to just let it sit there. I loved it as a kid. One of the few "parks" that I didn't beg my dad to leave after about an hour.
"If I'm going to Maggie valley then I'm going to cherokee and if I'm going to Cherokee I'm going shopping and if I'm going shopping I'm looking for leather wear and native art and if I'm looking I'm buying."
-Fredrick Douglas
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Just got back from Junaluska and mv was bumper to bumper on Saturday
Usually not very busy. Ghost Town still dead to the world. I make the trip every September
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I got a house up there. It’s great in the summer. A pain sometimes in winter. Country vittles for breakfast. I like the Mexican joint at least once while up there. Waynesville has a decent couple restaurants. Mostly cook while up there though. Take a ride or hike on the blue ridge parkway. Enjoy cooler weather. We have the creek in the back yard and I’ll go hang in my hammock over the creek.
I got a house up there. It’s great in the summer. A pain sometimes in winter. Country vittles for breakfast. I like the Mexican joint at least once while up there. Waynesville has a decent couple restaurants. Mostly cook while up there though. Take a ride or hike on the blue ridge parkway. Enjoy cooler weather. We have the creek in the back yard and I’ll go hang in my hammock over the creek.
A developer is still exploring a condo and homes and reviving Ghost town. Shops on the bottom floor residential on next level. I have quoted some budget stuff. Expensive to build condos and commercial in the mountains. Moving dirt is never cheap.
Well Bean, since you told me 2 times we just stay at your place.!!! HA All kidding aside Thanks
Gettin old is for pussies! AND MY NEW TRUE people say like Capt. Tom >>>>>>>>>/
"Wow, often imitated but never duplicated. No one can do it like the master. My hat is off to you DRDUCK!"
Tourist trap.. there are much better options. We stayed outside Boone this week and also hit up Blowing Rock and Linville.
Headed to Cherokee this weekend. We've never stayed in MV, always Happy Holiday Campground in Cherokee. (first campground on the right after you cross the mountain from MV)
Been camping there since '92 when we got married. Pretty much the same, hasn't changed much at all except for the casino. MV can be really crowded when they have special events. Rod runs, bike rallies, ect.
The ship that swung out over the side of the mountain scared the shit out of me back when I was a kid.
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