Heres a few thoughts on Highlands and Cashiers, NC.
For the love of the mountains!I’m a beach baby. I was born and raised beside the beach. The sun, the sand, the salt air have always been my greatest love. Now living in North Atlanta (6 hours away from the closest beach), every chance I get, I go to the beach. You name an island, I have most likely been there.
Imagine my surprise when my best friend, also a beach baby, decided to defect from the shorelines of Florida to the mountains of North Carolina. “Why in the world would you do that” I asked. As she recounted a recent visit to Cashiers, NC., I sat with my mind reeling: move?....from the beach?...why? Needless to say I didn't hear a word she said!
In December 06, I started visiting my defector beach baby friend. The first few visits did not impress me. All I could see was a bunch of trees with no leaves on them. Ooookay, and why did you move here? Of course I kept my opinion to myself as not to discourage her big decision to uproot herself from the beaches of Florida.
My visits to the Highlands & Cashiers, NC became more and more frequent. As winter turned to spring, the landscape transformed from sickly sad leafless trees to an intense green wonderland! Hmmm, this is kind of nice! The trees, the flowers, the birds, its all so calming!
When I get to Highlands and Cashiers, I become more relaxed, time slows down for me. What a great thing to escape to the mountains; escape from my everyday hectic life in Atlanta! No longer was I fighting it, in fact, I am embracing the deep urging in my soul to be one with the nature and beauty of the North Carolina Mountains.
Now I am in The Highlands/Cashiers area about two weeks of the month. I joined The Carolina Plateau Group in Cashiers, North Carolina. I am the Marketing Manger for the Atlanta Area. We currently have 40 lots for sale at The Preserve at Eagle Crest. You should see it! 360 degree views of the mountains or Lake Glenville. This works out great for me! I get to be in The Carolina's as often as I want without abandoning my current clients in Atlanta!
Just last week I was at my “home in the mountains”. My beach baby friend and I went horse back riding at Arrowmont. With the help of the horses, we went up a steep ridge to yet another breath taking view! The cool air blowing through my hair, the stillness of nature, that’s what I come here for.
Unfortunately I needed to get back to Atlanta a little to soon for my liking, so the next morning I was up early loading my car and trying to push away the anxiety of going back to the city. I once again noticed the kiss of the cool breeze on my skin. It was a wonderful 72 degree’s. It’s like heaven here. Of course, I search for any excuse to get out of going to the city, I just want to stay a few days longer. I force myself into the car almost weeping (okay, I’m exaggerating a bit). As I descend from heaven, I get a kick out of watching the thermostat rise. Mind you this isn’t a good kick. Anyway, I watch the mercury climb to an oppressive 92 degrees. But wait, the worst is yet to come. The very next day, the temperature in North Atlanta rose to 99 degrees. The day after that???? 102 degree’s. Get this, it was still 90 degrees at 10 pm!! The air quality is so dangerously high that the meteorologist urges us, the viewers, to remain inside from 11 am to 9 pm. All outside school activities have been cancelled; parents are urged to drive their children to school seeing there is no air conditioning on the buses!All I can say about this is I CANT STAND IT ANYMORE….. I’m heading back to Highlands, North Carolina.
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