Three-day vacation

[BOBSMITH]

I nabbed three days off from work and high-tailed it to the mountains for a working vacation. I'd promised my literary agent that I'd deliver my new novel this week. So I parked my Casita beside a mountain stream at Mortimer Campground. It's a Pisgah National Forest campground. No hookups, but a great campground! Very isolated. Don't forget anything, because if you do you're talking about a fifteen mile drive to find gas, groceries, etc. They do have flush toilets and hot showers. At $10 a night, it's a steal!


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[Lizbeth]

Bob, love that nice green grass and trees! It sounds like a nice place to write.

[Ruth C.]

Hey! You stole my dream!

Silence, solitude, beauty, and writing. It sounds and looks like heaven.

[Greg A]

You brought back some memories. Was there about 18 years ago with just a sleeping bag. Woke up surrounded by bunches of critters all just kinda sitting staring at me. Middle of hunting season and they figured I was a safe haven I guess. Very nice campground as I remember.

[BOBSMITH]

You brought back some memories. Was there about 18 years ago with just a sleeping bag. Woke up surrounded by bunches of critters all just kinda sitting staring at me. Middle of hunting season and they figured I was a safe haven I guess. Very nice campground as I remember.

I didn't see any furry critters. Mainly because they've installed those bear-proof, raccoon-proof garbage cans. Didn't see any deer, either. But that's a huge deer hunting area. I did see a LOT of wild turkey. Unfortunately they would all dash into cover of the forest before I could snap a photo.

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<div align="center">This little guy was about the only animal that would hold still long enough for me to get a good photo. He was on a trail just up the road from the Mortimer Campground.</div>

[BOBSMITH]

Hey! You stole my dream!

Silence, solitude, beauty, and writing. It sounds and looks like heaven.

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This waterfall is on a trail that begins in the Mortimer Campground. It takes about four minutes to reach via a very easy walk.</div>

[Adrian W]

Nice GREEN country with neat running water! Thanks for sharing. But it is just toooo far for us to go see.

[BOBSMITH]

Nice GREEN country with neat running water! Thanks for sharing. But it is just toooo far for us to go see.

I have a nephew who's a neurologist in New Mexico. I keep telling myself that I need to haul the Casita out there to visit him.