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[vulgarweed]

Well, happy birthday to me, and I know a lady never reveals her age, but I am no lady: I've just become the answer to the Ultimate Question.


Observed it with my mom, on the Mile-High Swinging Bridge at Grandfather Mountain, near Blowing Rock, NC. We also went to the nature museum and saw the animal "habitats" (essentially, a zoo, but with local wildlife): three black bears (one actually cinnamon colored), a golden eagle, lots of deer, and a cougar*. Bonus animals not actually part of the exhibit, but hanging out there anyway, included a bevy of chipmunks and one hilarious raven who obviously found something fun to play in on one of the big rocks in the deer enclosure.




*no, it wasn't a mirror, smartass.

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[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

OMG I didn't know you were from there! I'm from Fancy Gap, VA, just up the mountain and over the state line from Mt. Airy - my father is a retired Park Ranger, worked the Blue Ridge Parkway for 30 years. My parents just moved to Winston-Salem last year, so we spend a lot of time driving around NC when I come to visit. The mile-high bridge was jiggling itself just fine in the wind.

We stopped by a lovely restaurant in Boone - Hob Nob Farm Cafe, do you know it? I also liked the Doc Watson statue there.

Happy early birthday!