We headed up to the Blue Ridge Mountains for a vacation this July, renting a cabin between Wilkesboro and Boone. We hiked on trails along the Blue Ridge Parkway, saw Linville Falls (and caverns), Cascade Falls, Hebron Falls, went swimming and canoeing, mined for gems, went on the swinging bridge at Grandfather Mountain and saw bear, otters, and eagles at their natural area, went to Tweetsie Railroad, Mast General Store in Valle Cruses and came home exhausted but with lots of memories.