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A few years ago the town hall and post office were moved to this new building. The front looks better than this end, but it's hard to stop to take a photo on the highway/road.
Though some early blooms are lying down from cold weather, some new ones have opened. Unfortunately, last night and the one before were below frost level again.
The cherry trees are about to burst into flower by Lake Susan.
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As I mentioned before, the dam at Lake Susan keeps Flat Creek levels below flood stage most of the time. But there are a lot of mountains below Lake Susan that can send a lot of water into the creek.
Today's quote:
You have long been bound thinking:
‘I am a person’.
Let the knowledge: ‘I am Awareness alone’
be the sword that frees you.
—Ashtavakra Gita
Hello,
ReplyDeleteIt is a pretty town, I like the gate and the pretty cherry trees. Take care, enjoy your day!
Thanks Eileen. I always enjoy driving up the valley to Montreat. Hope you also have a good day!
DeleteI do like that gate.
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely a bit of history, and they do a good job repairing it each time it is damaged!
DeleteSuch an appropriate name for that spot.
ReplyDeleteYes, Marcia...a mountain retreat!
DeleteIt's such a lovely place for a walk.
ReplyDeleteIt has lots of hiking trails up in the mountains as well.
DeleteLove that “gate.”
ReplyDeleteAnd to answer your question about pronunciation of the place...Montreat rhymes with sweet.
DeleteBarbara, Nice spring photos and this is a lovely area for sure. I'd never heard of Montreat or the college either. Definitely worth checking out. Love that playground...plenty of room for kid's imagination. When our son was young, he and I would have been in the creek, creating little rapids, etc. As for the map of Europe, sadly few Americans could name the countries shown if they weren't labeled...much less just name 10 European nations. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteI loved damming up gutters when I was kid, when it had rained in St. Louis where we lived. It was not approved of by my mother! Yep, I needed to see those countries and their names.
Delete...nice stonework, it looks like CCC work from the Depression.
ReplyDeleteI don't know of any CCC involvement, but probably some of these buildings were built at the time. I know that when WW II began, some families of Japanese and German diplomats were housed in one of the dormitories at the college. They were then exchanged for American families in those countries. The Japanese men were traded first, and it took a long time before the Japanese women were able to go home.
DeleteSuch a terrific spot. Those daffies are sad, though!
ReplyDeleteYep, and the rest of them have since taken a dive...several cold snaps.
DeleteMontreat is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt is a quaint town with lots of housing up on the slopes which are steep. No real "downtown" to the place, just the college which has most of the prime property.
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