Honey, can we afford this one?
We spent eleven days on the road looking at various areas, homes, and land. A lot of wonderful people helped us in our search.Even Becky, Scott, and Julia came down to meet us in Asheville for a few days so we did some touristy things like visiting the Biltmore Estate and walking the streets of downtown Asheville. Unfortunately the snow and cold, which is not normal for that area, hindered us a bit as it was a little blustery at times. Doesn't the Biltmore remind you of Loire Valley castles?
We spent more than a week in that area and found a wonderful development starting up at Lake Lure, which I'm sure most of you are familiar with because it was where the movie Dirty Dancing was filmed. The memorial service for Patrick Swayze was on the property of the development we are interested in.There are some craftsman style homes built there already and we were able to spend 3 nights in one just to get a feel for the place. Lake Lure is a combination of old lake resort homes and new development. It sounds a little strange. but it works, and there are a lot of outdoor activities which are easily accessible to retirees.
We also enjoyed Lookout Mountain. There is a development on top of the mountain which is most inviting for us retirees as well. Chattanooga would be our major city although Lookout Mountain is a small town in itself. We didn't have our camera with us at that point, but I downloaded a summer picture of the incline railway which is one way to get up the mountain.
In both cases we would be in resort areas with plenty of things for visitors to do, but in both cases we would also have to build. That presents an interesting furniture issue, doesn't it? I feel more at home in North Carolina; Gary seems to prefer Lookout Mountain, so we are continuing to follow both paths, talking with the developers and contractors until we make a decision.
Life is good, but we miss friends and family.
