The Cherokee County court house in Murphy NC is made from locally mined marble and stands aas a monument to better days. Cherokee County is the westernmost county on the western tip of North Carolina.
In contrast to recent days, the weather was quite beautiful and we wanted to see the Murphy area before heading to Brevard NC on Monday. To get to Murphy, we drove north over two mountain ranges through Blairsville GA.
The first mountain range is where the Appalachian Trail (AT) goes from Springer Mtn. north to Maine. There is a wonderful little shop by the side of the road, which sells hiking and camping gear and all kinds of AT memorabilia.
On the second mountain range north of Blairsville we stopped for lunch at Popi's Barbecue. This is barbecue country in the mountains and we could not deny ourselves any longer. We both had a pork tenderloin barbecue sandwich which was really good.
We visited six RV parks in the Murphy area, just to see if there was any place better in scenery and lesser in cost than what we had here in Paradise Valley. We saw interesting places, but none were better.
We both enjoyed the day. It was good to get away from the routine around our RV which was very confining during the recent rains and flooding. We'll be ready to move on Monday.
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