We’re back on the road again!

We’re going to spend Thanksgiving in the mountains!

On the way we passed Keowee-Toxaway State Park, SC ($0) and decided to take a short walk on the Natural Bridge Trail (1.4 total miles out and back, 219’ elevation). It was a pretty trail through tunnels of Mountain Laurel to a nice little waterfall but the “natural bridge” is some large rocks you can use to walk across the stream, not a rock arch as we were expecting from the name. It’s also listed on their map as a loop but is actually an out and back.

Keowee-Toxaway also has a very pretty lake that we stopped to admire for a bit. The fall colors set it off beautifully.

https://southcarolinaparks.com/keowee-toxaway

7.5

difficulty: 4.5

Back on the road, we drove straight to Mountain Fresh Grocery

Highlands, NC to get a Mountain Fresh pizza for dinner and slice pumpkin pie for dessert tomorrow. Then we drove to Ingles to get salad and veggies and dip for tomorrow.

https://www.mfgro.com/

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We checked into The Wells Hotel

Cashiers, NC ($747/4 nights). This is a lovely, upscale, rustic-style mountain hotel and it feels like a really special place to spend our holiday weekend.

https://thewellscashiers.com/

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After our salad and pizza dinner

we walked over to Buck’s Coffee Cafe for a Maple Spice Latte and went for a walk around town. Cashiers has a nice park, a number of high end retail and rustic design establishments and a pretty little pond.

https://www.discoverjacksonnc.com/your-trip/towns/cashiers/