North Carolina

We took several day trips while we were camping in the Balsam Mountains.  Big Bob even had a chance to golf at the Sequoyah National golf course with our friend Fred.  They both were wore out afterwards.

Silva
This is a very quaint town.  This is where the most photographed court house is.

Dillsboro
Does this look familiar?  It's the train wreck from the Fugitive movie.

Wheels Through Time

This is an awesome place where you could easily spend the day or more.  If you watched 'What's in the barn" on the History channel, you'll understand.  The owner, Dale, and his team are motorcycle maniacs. They specialize in restoring old bikes and the museum is full of old bikes, some restored,  most  not (he wants them to look like the last time they were ridden); and even some old cars and trucks.

This is a 1946 knucklehead, they are raffling off.  We have our tickets!

Evil Knevil's bike

1908 Appache

 Dale started this 1913 Thor SR1  up and drove all through the museum on it. The guys are all very hands on.


Great Smokey Mountain Train
We took the train from Bryson City to the Nantahala Outdoor Center for the Moonshine Experience.

 We were in a car just for  moonshine enthusiasts.

The engineer took our tickets and we were off for moonshine sampling (lots), moonshine pulled pork for lunch and moonshine peanut butter pie for desert.

And so it began

And when it ended. 
It was hard work - not all his though, I did have a few LOL

We saw some beautiful scenery.

We had a short stop at the Nantahala Outdoor Center while  they moved the engine to the other end of the train for the return trip.

The train stops at an entrance/exit of Appalachian Trail  - Would you believe it if I said we hiked it?

We had some great entertainment on board, two good ole boys "picken" and an old mountain man telling the story of the mountains.  The light was not good for picture taking in the train car, but the boys did play a little at the stop over.

 At the end of our ride, we were rewarded with  shot glasses, mason jar mugs and a tote bag and lots of great memories - along with the rest of our mountain trip.

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