by bluewaters | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
With record temperatures and excessive humidity the norm in the Southeast this summer, many would-be beach goers are finding a logical, yet overlooked alternative for weeklong vacations and quick getaways.
Blue Waters Mountain Lodge on Lake Santeetlah in Robbinsville, North Carolina – is anticipating sweltering vacationers from Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and all over the country.
“With an average summer high in the low 80s, Lake Santeetlah continues to be a more inviting destination for anyone suffering from the miserable heat and humidity” said Mike Stewart, owner of Blue Waters Mountain Lodge, a rustic mountain lake lodge in Robbinsville, North Carolina.
Blue Waters Mountain Lodge acknowledges the summer is its busiest season, but is also very active in the spring and fall. “It’s always been a destination for all four seasons, but the past few summers have really increased the need to getaway to cooler climates,” added Stewart.
In addition to favorable climates, the owners of Blue Waters believe Robbinsville is a very inviting destination because of its many amenities. “The views and atmosphere of the mountains are breathtaking,” says Maury Stewart, Mike’s wife and owner of Blue Waters Mountain Lodge. “For those who want an intimate setting without venturing far, there’s plenty right outside the door,” she said. “The mountains offer great natural amenities such as walking trails and fishing and of course there is the cool refreshing water of Lake Santeetlah.”
Adjacent to massive expanses of wilderness in the midst of the Nantahala National Forest and yet in close proximity to major east coast cities such as Atlanta, Charlotte and Knoxville, Robbinsville’s unique geography and topographic features combined with easy access allows travelers from all directions the perfect spot to escape the summer heat.
Please see our website, www.BlueWatersMtnL.com for more details.
by bluewaters | Jun 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Blue Waters Mountain Lodge on Lake Santeetlah is the best place to celebrate your Fourth of July. Our Dockside Deck has the best view on the lake to watch the Lodge’s impressive fireworks extravaganza. Enjoy the Independence Day festivities like you were meant to: relaxing and grilling out (food & drink service to start at 5:30 p.m. with fireworks to start at about 9:45 p.m.). Make your reservations TODAY! Space is limited.
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by bluewaters | Jun 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Blue Waters Mountain Lodge would love to welcome any and all to visit their Facebook page, and, of course, would love you also became a fan of the page. The Facebook page is a prime opportunity for current and previous Blue Waters Mountain Lodge guests to develop a discussion, ask questions, post comments and get as much current information as they could possibly need. A Facebook page is probably the most effective interactive site our facility has in this present social networking society, and Blue Waters Mountain Lodge loves to go the extra step to help to make sure you are up to speed with our activities.
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by bluewaters | Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Pity the poor dad who has to endure the obligatory pinstripe tie and dubious collection of golf-themed humor every time June rolls around. This father’s day, why not give your pater familias the gift of a great weekend. Call for details on our Father’s Day Weekend package at 888-828-3978 or see https://www.bluewatersmtnl.com/rates/special-packages/
by bluewaters | Jun 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Everyone knows “A River Runs Through It” was set in Montana, celebrities jostle for stream side property around Jackson Hole in Wyoming; and John Gierach’s “Trout Bum” regarded by many as a modern fly fisherman’s manifesto, is set in Colorado. But the creek laced mountains of western North Carolina, with several thousand miles of public and private trout water packed into a million acres, there is another version of the sport.
Along the area’s narrow river reaches, casts are typically shorter, the fish are less particular about their diet and anglers can get by with fewer fly patterns. It is entirely feasible to hit one trout stream in the morning, one after lunch and still another before dark.
As trout fishing destinations go, western North Carolina has long remained a relatively unknown on a national level and some contend this has been by design. The locals used to be pretty tightlipped about how good the fishing is in the area.
Annual rainfall averages 90 inches in much of the region, offering up a steady supply of water, while elevations greater than 1,400 feet ensure a cold water environment essential for trout survival. As a result, rainbow, brown and brook trout lurk in abundance at the base of numerous waterfalls and in the deep pools of countless creeks.
The area has recently received more exposure, through books like “Western North Carolina Fly Guide” by J.E. B. Hall (Brushy Mountain Publishing 2007) and in television shows that romanticize the thrills of trout fishing in the southern Appalachians.
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by bluewaters | May 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
It is obvious that all mountains have crazy roads. Engineers can’t build them straight up and over, after all; they must find reasonable grades and accommodate geological asymmetries. But there are crazy roads and there are crazy roads.
Consider the section of United States Route 129 that winds through the Appalachians of western North Carolina. It is called the Tail of the Dragon because it bends 318 times in just 11 miles, some of the turns seemingly tight enough to snap a motor home in half. Motorcycles and sports car drivers flock from all over North America to ride it.
Despite its running along the southern edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park – by far the busiest national park, with more than nine million visitors a year – the lakes country, which lies west of Asheville, North Carolina and south of Knoxville, Tennessee, is free of Appalachia’s standard roadside attractions: No Dollywood, no Cracker Barrel, no ticky tacky souvenir clutter.
About two thirds of Graham County in North Carolina is national forest and the elevation ranges from 1,170 feet to almost 5,600, so visitors go the lakes and the mountains. The fishing is epic; the hiking on the Appalachian Trail and in the Joyce Kilmer Slickrock Creek Wilderness Area is spectacular. If the Nantahala Gorge’s whitewater doesn’t rev your engine, you can pedal through the Tsali trail system, a celebrated mountain biking destination.
The sense of escape is palpable, occasionally even literal: The Cheoah Dam at the south end of the dragon’s tail, was the site of Harrison Ford’s plunge off the spillway scene in “The Fugitive”
We urge you find all the charms of the Carolina Lake Country….
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