We’ve been home since February - no trips, when this was supposed to be our year of travel. So one day, I said to Scotty, let’s go somewhere. We have a timeshare that we’ve been trying to get rid of, but it came through. We were able to book a place at Banner Elk Village. It’s a 2-story 2bedroom rustic themed unit and will serve as a great getaway.
Today was supposed to be the coldest day of the week so we didn’t head out until after lunch. We went to Otter Falls which was only 2.5 miles away. The temperature was 46 degrees and the skies were a bright blue, although first thing in the morning we thought the clouds looked like snow clouds. There’s a small parking lot(no more than 20 cars), but there were still some spaces, even one to park the truck with overhanging kayaks. There are 3 trails here - red, yellow and blue which all lead down to the falls. The trail is classified as strenuous and there were a few places I felt unsure, but that’s probably because I’m an old lady (haha) and also because o had slightly twisted my right knee 2 weeks ago when we were portaging kayaks. The trail down is lined by Rhodendrons which must be beautiful in the spring. Most of the leaves have fallen, we probably missed peak color by a week or two. Oh well, during this time of the pandemic, we golfers blessed to travel. We quickly got to the waterfalls and walked along the flowing river before we headed back uphill. That’s when it felt strenuous to me. We are at an elevation of 3835 feet ( Ft above Clarksville). It was a great first day hike (1.3 miles) and we took the alternate route home realizing that the scale was misleading on the map. We made the best of it and stopped at Kettles Brewery and had a beer and split a pretzel. Yum! Good pretzel, good beer and friendly workers. Best of all, North Carolina has a mandatory mask mandate.
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| Kettell Beerworks -Munich Lager |
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| A view on the way home. |
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