In the North Carolina mountains

This was written on Sunday.  The posting was delayed,
as we haven't had access to a wifi until now.

We've been enjoying Spring and a bit of Summer in the Western part of North Carolina around Cullowhee, Cashiers and the Highlands.  Beautiful part of the state, and country, for that matter - the trees have budded out substantially since we've been here and today feels more like July than May.  But that's fine, as we hear of an impending snowfall at home!   We hiked once more, yesterday, to the beautiful High Falls and took Murphy for a dunk in a nearby lake - he is really taking to water! Duh... lab.

Today, instead of a proper hike, we walked down and back Jeanne and John's country road to where our trailer is parked, to start loading up for our departure tomorrow.  Murphy enjoyed some expansive green lawns and terrorized some geese on the way.  Good, hot workout for the humans.  Upon our return, I reveled in

High Falls

an outdoor shower, hand-built by Jeanne and John, located under the stairs leading down from their deck.  The experience was enhanced by the use of a luxurious robe that had once been worn by George Clooney..... really.  Jeanne used to work for a very high end resort near the Highlands and the robe was a sort of a memento...  It added another dimension to the mountain cleanse....  

The last evening of our visit, there was a lovely party at the house for the hosts' birthdays.  We and a small group of their closest friends were wined, dined, and serenaded by an awesome acoustic guitarist, and friend, of theirs on their deck overlooking the North Carolina woods.  Beautiful evening, good friends.

Moby's parking spot in Cullowhee