Here’s a neat Spring event coming up the weekend of May 14-16: The Grandfather Mountain Naturalist Weekend, which features programs and guided walks around Grandfather, all included in the price of admission.
There are lots of events in our area of Western North Carolina in the month of May, including Taste of Black Mountain, which will take place Thursday, May 13, 2010.
Since late October of 2009, our guests traveling to us in Western North Carolina from Tennessee have had a lengthier drive, due to a rock slide near the North Carolina/Tennessee border, which necessitated the closure of Interstate 40 in both directions and an I-40 detour (a lengthy, albeit extremely scenic detour through our gorgeous mountains).
Our county, McDowell County, North Carolina, has a really wonderful history dating back to the country’s beginnings. Two upcoming events will celebrate distinctly different pieces of that historical legacy:
