I love these tourist binoculars -- still 25 cents. This one is at the top of Grandfather Mountain, which is a fun place despite being a major tourist attraction. We were there during one of the busiest weekends of the year. It's a pretty controlled experience, but it's a spectacular place and there were a hell of a lot of people there -- outside.
It also gives you the best possible view of one of North Carolina's greatest atrocities: Sugar Top, which spawned the North Carolina Mountain Ridge Protection Act that keeps anyone else from doing this.
And then there's the mile-high swinging bridge, which is really pretty cool.
Also worth noting that Grandfather Mountain is now run by a nonprofit and is part of a 4,000 acre preserve that's managed in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy and North Carolina State Parks.
George helped build that swinging bridge in 1999 when we living outside of Boone (right before we moved to Celo). Grandfather Mt was replacing the older bridge and George was on the crew with Robbie Oates and some other good and talented folks who Celo folks probably know.
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