On this day we traveled with friends to Robbinsville, NC, with our destination being Huckleberry Knob, to do some sledding. In Robbinsville we decided to eat at one of the few places that was open, Our Daily Bread Café. The food here wasn’t real good and the restaurant was in what looked like a prior home that had been converted to a restaurant. This is not all that uncommon in this area. Inside the restaurant were children of various ages running around and doing things that their mother did not want them to do, especially since she was the waitress and was waiting on tables. This seemed like a family run restaurant and the service was slow. Our waitress in fact had to run home to get one of her children a change of clothes due to an unforseen accident. I had a hamburger which was tasty, but others in the party had chili that tasted like it was from a can, not homemade. A disappointing lunch, but it was cheap enough.
After a short drive from Robbinsville to the Cherohala Skyway we ran into snow on the road and could observe the mountainsides covered with snow. The Cherohala Skyway was completed in the fall of 1996 after being under construction for some thirty-four years. It is considered North Carolina's most expensive highway with a cost of $100,000,000. The road traverses 5,400 foot mountains for 15 miles in North Carolina and descendes another 21 miles into the deeply forested backcountry of Tennessee. The Skyway is well known in motorcycling and sportscar circles for it's long, sweeping corners and scenic vistas. We arrived at Huckleberry Knob a short distance up the Cherohala. Huckleberry Knob is a place I’ve been a couple of times before, even in the winter with snow on the ground. This time was different, in that there was snow, but also a Hoarfrost had hit this area and left some amazing views. We climbed the road trail to the top and at the top the wind was blowing very hard. At the approach to the trail the temperature we recorded was about 10 degrees, so the temperature on the bald with the wind chill factor had to approach 0 degrees. I know that most of my body was warm, but my fingers froze. I’m getting a new pair of gloves folks. We sledded down the trail from the top and had a great time taking pictures and just looking at the beautiful scenery. This was one amazingly beautiful moment in time. I don't know if we could ever go back to find this place looking as spectacular as it looked when we were there.
On this day we traveled with friends to Robbinsville, NC, with our destination being Huckleberry Knob, to do some sledding. In Robbinsville we decided to eat at one of the few places that was open, Our Daily Bread Café. The food here wasn’t real good and the restaurant was in what looked like a prior home that had been converted to a restaurant. This is not all that uncommon in this area. Inside the restaurant were children of various ages running around and doing things that their mother did not want them to do, especially since she was the waitress and was waiting on tables. This seemed like a family run restaurant and the service was slow. Our waitress in fact had to run home to get one of her children a change of clothes due to an unforseen accident. I had a hamburger which was tasty, but others in the party had chili that tasted like it was from a can, not homemade. A disappointing lunch, but it was cheap enough. 
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