Blue Ridge Mountains Archives

February 6, 2025

Beautiful in Any Weather – Pretty Place

Beth Ann Chiles/ Photography, Travel/ 6 Comments/ 134

Over the years that we have lived here, I have made many trips to Pretty. Place Chapel at the Greenville YMCA Camp in South Carolina. It is only about 10 miles ( 5 to the road leading up to the camp and an additional 5 Continue reading →

May 19, 2022

A Day on the Parkway

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 14 Comments/ 407

Chris plans the best days for me and he planned a day on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Not all of the higher elevations are leafed out fully yet but it was still a fabulous drive and a great day. The rhododendron are beautiful and the Continue reading →

September 24, 2020

A Beautiful Drive Any Time of the Year – Blue Ridge Parkway

Beth Ann Chiles/ North Carolina, Photography, Travel/ 8 Comments/ 348

We are so fortunate that we live so close to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Named America’s Favorite Drive the Parkway is beautiful any time of the year. In the fall the Parkway is crowded with “peepers” many of whom stop in our lovely little town Continue reading →

July 14, 2017

A Quick Look at High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, North Carolina

Beth Ann Chiles/ Food, North Carolina, Travel/ 28 Comments/ 441

A Sunday trip to the High Hampton Inn and Country Club in Cashiers, North Carolina was just the perfect trip. Chris is going to be traveling on our anniversary so he planned a nice weekend for us before he left. It included a quick trip Continue reading →

Beth's bookshelf: read

The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users

by Guy Kawasaki

As always Guy Kawasaki has a great book with great information about all things social media. I highlighted tons of places in this book and it is definitely one that I will come back to time and time again to help me in all of the socia...

Old Girls in Low Cotton

by Helen Childress

This short book was one that looked like it would be a fun read. I honestly did not enjoy it all that much---it was a lot of characters bickering and while some of the writing was witty and funny it was not that kind of book that made m...

The Good Girl

by Mary Kubica

I loved this book! It had my interest from the very first page and was my "airplane" book on a recent trip. Author Mary Kubica created believable and interesting characters that the reader learned to identify with and care about. Mi...

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

This is quite a book! I had it recommended to me by several people and while I thought it might be a little dark and depressing it made me have a better understanding of what life in this time period was like. The strength of the huma...

An Abundance of Katherines

by John Green

Another great book by John Green. I have become a huge fan of John Green since my reading of A Fault in our Stars and this book was another that did not disappoint me at all. It was a story of a child prodigy, a lot of anagrams, and a b...

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Beautiful in Any Weather – Pretty Place

A Day on the Parkway

A Beautiful Drive Any Time of the Year – Blue Ridge Parkway

A Quick Look at High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, North Carolina

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Leaping Into the New Year – Comments for a Cause

Remembering All Saints

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