Last weekend Daniel and I took a couple extra days off and headed to the North Carolina mountains for a mini-vacation. We rented a little cabin on Lake Lure, which is definitely the most beautiful North Carolina lake I’ve ever seen. Our cabin was built for two, welcomed dogs, and had a hot tub on the deck overlooking the lake. You can’t beat that! We managed to squeeze a lot into our short trip. We canoed on Lake Lure, hiked up Frying Pan Mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway to see the fall leaves from the lookout tower, fished for our dinner, stopped in Bat Cave, NC to stock up on fresh apple cider and apple butter, skinny-dipped relaxed in the hot tub, practiced our ukuleles, and hiked to Catawba Falls. Autumn is definitely the best time of year to visit the mountains!
I’m still catching up on e-mail, so if I owe you one thanks for your patience!
looks so dreamy
wow – I’d love to go
did you run into baby or johnny? are the stairs still there? that’s where they filmed dirty dancing. ;)
It’s a really big lake, so we didn’t see the exact spot they filmed. There was a copy of Dirty Dancing in the cabin though! ;)
As a native North Carolinian, I have to say there is no better place to be – especially at this time of year. Thank you for the lovely photos. I’m drooling.
oh wow! looks so beautiful! I went to the great fall, DC last weekend, the colors were okay. not as great as yours :). you can check out the photos here: http://twenty20.com/sunnyhasan.
Gorgeous photos!
Stunning mountain overview shot! Oliver and Mabel look too cute and a bit worried that you’re leaving them in the boat. lol.
They totally were, haha!
So pretty! The pups look happy to have made the trip. :)
what a great get away. i’ve been telling my husband how i wanted a weekend in the cabins with our dog. i love the pictures of yours in the the canoe! north carolina sure is pretty.
would you share exactly where you were and how i could rent a cabin next year. i would love to take my daughter and two granddaughters.
Sure, we stayed at Pine Gables in the “fishing cabin”. Here’s the link to their website: http://www.lake-lure.com/Cabins.htm