Saturday

We lost an hour solving the Mystery at BE, not that we were in a hurry particularly. but annoying because we have so many better things we could have done with that hour.

Still keeping with our plans, though, we headed up Beech Mountain for breakfast (now brunch) at Fred's Backside Deli. For those of you who were with us the first time, Fred's is still the same. We ate on the back patio - and I had a nostalgic moment while I looked back on the last time we were there, and remembered sitting in that same spot enjoying hot chocolate on our first evening on the mountain.

One of my favourite authors often has his characters advise to "budget the luxuries first". I have to go one step sideways, and advise: Budget the Memories first.

We stopped after that at Linville falls, and took a short hike up a well manicured trail to see the falls from above. Then off and driving again. We are now in Mt. Airy, NC - the significance of which will be explained on our next post, so tune in tomorrow....