north carolina bound

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

thanks for all the offers, made it up and had a blast. great weather and all 15 of the family was there. drove 9 hours and got home and melted. you guys sure have a beautiful state and very friendly locals, tubed deep creek, rafted the nanahalla, and caught trout on the cherokee reservation. cya next year...

Glad you hadda big time up here...didja happen to have a CAMERA w/you??



And just how friendly did the locals get??

[phatdaddy]

truth be known, did not take a camera!!! i figured with 10-12 nieces & nephews, aunts & uncles & grandparents, somebody would take some pics. they said they would email them to us. i am the son-in-law who married the only daughter, so i am very low on the totem pole. as far as the local being friendly part, they were mostly taking my money when we were exchanging pleasantries. did meet a cherokee game warden who was all business until i produced the right piece of paper, then he got friendly. when he found out i had 10 lbs of fresh jumbo gulf shrimp he offered to go up to the hatchery and get me a trophy rainbow trout and trade. for the record, a $3.00 tube rental at deep creek is the most bang for a buck money ever spent. i freaked out at the winding ,narrow roads. i would never buy a used truck up there, i figure the tranny & brakes gotta be shot.