http://coollogcabin.com/blog A BLOG exploring fun when vacationing in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:45:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is so much to do in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Take time to plan trips to all the great places here, but remember to leave some time just to enjoy the peace and quiet at WOLF DEN Cabin. http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/05/31/welcome-to-nc%e2%80%99s-blue-ridge-mountains/ It is no wonder lately that more people than ever are making North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains their family vacation destination. Discovering (or rediscovering) that a whole family can stay together affordably in a spacious log cabin with all the amenities of home at significantly less cost than ... http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/04/16/a-half-tank-of-gas/ On Buck Mountain there are many of us who care about star gazing and the extraordinary beauty of the night sky so we encourage each other not to pollute with exterior lighting. By limiting nighttime outdoor lighting, cabin occupants here are helping to preserve the deep dark blackness of the ... http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/04/15/twinkle-twinkle-little-star-how-i-wonder-where-you-are/ There are several great riding stables and trails near our cabin. Please let us know of others where you've ridden. Dutch Creek Trails Celtic Unicorn Stables http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/04/04/horseback-trail-riding/ This photograph was taken by Connie at dusk at Buffalo Bob’s compound less than a mile off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, NC.   http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/04/02/blue-ridge-mountains-area-scenes/ There is no greater thrill than riding an ATV on the more than 40 miles of scenic mountain roads at Buck Mountain unless it is riding on the miles of incredible ATV trails scattered throughout the community. Neither the Buck Mountain Property Owners Association, WOLF DEN Cabin or Henley Properties, LLC ... http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/03/24/atv-fun-on-buck-mountain/ Ask any happily married couple about their honeymoon and you are sure to hear interesting stories about how they began their married life together. A honeymoon offers a lifetime of precious personal memories. There are so many places in the world where a couple can honeymoon but, in this age ... http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/03/19/a-honeymoon-in-the-blue-ridge-mountains-can-create-memories-that-last-a-lifetime/ I simply like this shot of a rare winter snow on Buck Mountain. http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2008/01/17/rare-snow-at-the-cabin/ This photograph of our daughter was taken the day after Christmas (2007) during her first snow skiing adventure at Appalachian Ski Resort near our cabin. Like many new skiers, she fell a lot but had a great time. There are several fine ski resorts near the cabin which help to make winter ... http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2007/12/26/17/ This picture is of some buffalo that I photographed not too far from our cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. These big guys are grazing in a rather large front yard of a home on a hill. I thought they were kind of cool. You don’t see ... http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2007/10/16/summertime-in-the-mountains/ Well here it is – named by our daughter to be “WOLF DEN Cabin”. We’ve had a lot of inquiries about our new cabin and so I thought it would be easier to put pictures up here so everyone can see what it looks like instead of trying to e-mail them. We ... http://coollogcabin.com/blog/2006/12/06/wolf-den-cabin-at-buck-mountain/