2012 Place 4 : Blowing Rock, NC

           This weekend Lindley and I decided to have a girls weekend, celebrating the fall season and a little time away from Greensboro!  It was a timely opportunity to go to my 4th Place of the year! (( For new readers,  I made a new year's resolution in 2010 to travel to five places I'd never been before, and I've kept that resolution for the past three years.  To read about the other places I've been you can start here. ))
          For Place Four of 2012, I choose Blowing Rock, NC.  Only two hours away from Greensboro, the drive was full of amazing scenery and beautiful trees!  When we arrived, we checked in and headed  straight downtown, which was conveniently within walking distance.  We spent the rest of the afternoon shopping and buying all things apple: apple cider, carmel apples, and fresh apples of all different varieties.  My favorite was the Turley Windsap, the pastel lime and pink colored apples had a sweeter taste and were crisper than Lindley's favorite the Pink Lady.   With corn husk decorations and  baskets of pumpkins along the sidewalk, the streets of Blowing Rock, while quaint, were bursting with life and people enjoying the beautiful weather and the freshest time of year! It was the perfect escape for a girls weekend!

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