I didn't get to visit Maggie Valley today; we are running out of vacation time and my husband loves to go to the Folk Art Center on the parkway. If you get on the parkway off highway 70 in Swannanoa, it is just minutes up the road...turn to the left and watch for police...they love to sit on the
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07/30/2010
I had so much fun today at the Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine in Spruce Pine, NC. My husband is usually a conservative tourist but today, I convinced him to buy us a $50 bucket of rocks to screen for gems, and we spent about two hours sluicing them tray after tray in water and picking out the potent
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07/29/2010
I live at the Carolina Coast but I do enjoy in hot July taking a trip to the NC Blue Ridge Mountains and camping by the Swannanoa River. For the past couple of years, we have stayed at the KOA in Swannanoa, just outside of Asheville. It is located central to almost any tourist spot for day trip
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07/29/2010
1408 Waterway Drive, North Myrtle Beach, SC is located in Sunset Harbour, a gorgeous waterway community with homes ranging from upper 200,000s to well over $2,000,000. I have blogged about this property before...price has been reduced to mid 500,000s. I strolled the community a few weeks ago t
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07/21/2010
1729 Oak Street SW, Ocean Isle Beach mainland...Today, I listed a gorgeous home (it's half mine so I'm prejudiced) in Marlee Acres, an intracoastal waterway community separated from Ocean Isle Beach by several barrier islands. Sunset Beach Island is just to the right of the community. One can b
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07/20/2010
I recently listed my husband's Cessna 172 airplane on eBay; he can no longer fly due to health issues and my son has a new business so he doesn't have the time. It has been gathering dust for awhile so after the annual, in a weak moment, I convinced him to let me post it for sale. I have receiv
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07/13/2010
In the beach area, homeowners get down right ornery about the rules in their community (probably true everywhere)being followed. Some communities have a reputation for being downright litigious so it behooves buyers to know in advance how they can use their property. Once an offer is made and a
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07/12/2010
I must be missing something. I watch HGTV and I have seen several agents on these show automatically include a request for half or all of the closing costs. Who started this situation? I watched a show today where a young couple offered on a home that had already been reduced. A agent even to
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07/11/2010
125 immigrants took the oath of allegiance at Sunday afternoon at Ft. Johnson in Southport, NC. These 125 new American citizens represented 52 countries from around the world. For the past few years, this ceremony has been incorporated into the Southport, NC annual 4th of July parade which has
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07/11/2010
The Winds Resort Beach Club on Ocean Isle Beach has been selected as the #1 resort in North Carolina last month by Resort & Lodges. Prior to this time, the unique resort was a well-kept secret known only to the returning guest who returned faithfully year after year, and those few who were lucky
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07/10/2010
