This past week, I spent 4 beautiful days in Murphy North Carolina and surrounding towns. It is located in the SW corner of North Carolina, north of Georgia and east of Tennessee. In fact, we flew from the Sanford-Orlando airport to Chatanooga and drove to Murphy from there.
Murphy has a vibrant downtown with shops, restaurants and cultural venues to enjoy. Our accommodations were 15 minutes away on Crisp Mountain, a gated development of log homes suitable for full time residency or vacation living. A cozy 2 bedroom and 2 bath log home with vistas of the mountains surrounding the property provided plenty of peace and quiet, amidst all of the family Thanksgiving festivities. Long walks and afternoon naps provided us all with the space we needed to relax and rejuvenate!
Nearby we browsed the local art gallery and gift shop at the John C. Campbell Folk School campus where visitors can attend workshops, seminars and performances. And, we drove down to Batesville, Georgia where we stopped by the Lake Burton Fish Hatchery, and shopped at the Lake Burton Art Gallery - a particularly nice collection of art, pottery, jewelry and mountain crafts. A lunch stop at the Old Batesville Cafe nourished us and refreshed us for the drive home.
Check out the Vacation Home and Travel tab on my web site for a link to the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce site. Take a look! Perhaps a trip to North Carolina is in your future!