Summertime and the living is oh so easy!

Life is good in the mountains! There is nothing like beating the heat by sitting in a waterfall or swimming in the lake. Cashiers offers so much for everyone!

Our summer weather is perfect. Today's high was about 80 degrees with lows in the 60's. When it's high 90's to 100+ degrees in Atlanta and Charlotte, consider taking a weekend trip to Cashiers. Once you start to climb up the mountain to Highlands or Cashiers, you can just roll down your windows and feel the temperature drop.

Lake Glenville is a reservoir located just 8 miles from Cashiers, North Carolina. It was formed by the damming of the west fork of the Tuckasegee River in 1941. Between 1951 and 2002. It was officially known as "Thorpe Reservoir" after J. E. S. Thorpe, Nantahala Power's first president. The lake bottom plunges as steeply as the mountains meeting the shore. The depth, just a short distance from the waters edge may register 80 feet or more.  The lake also has 26 miles of shoreline and the highest elevation of any lake east of the Mississippi, situated on the Eastern Continental Divide.

Lake Glenville is fed by 5 waterfalls and feeds bass, walleye, trout and many other species of fish. Wildlife abounds this lake and if you get lucky you may just see a bear swim across.

During World War II, ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America) needed more electricity to make aluminum for the war effort. In June 1940, Nantahala Power and Light, then owned by ALCOA, began constructing a dam on the west fork of the Tuckasegee River at Onion Falls. Lake Glenville was completed in late 1941, filling a new lake called Thorpe Reservoir. It encompassed the entire valley north of Cashiers, flooding the town of Hamburg including schools, homes, businesses, and farmlands to a depth of 300 feet.

Today, families show up every year to enjoy this spectacular lake. Many leave home when the kids get out of school and don't return back to the heat until the summer and fall have passed.  Generations after generations have called this area home.

Feel free to give me a call if you would like to visit the area and find out for yourselves why I call this magnificent lake " On Golden Pond" . There are many homes for sale and for rent on beautiful Lake Glenville and I would be glad to guide you in the right direction.

July in Cashiers

Wow! What a whirlwind of a month here in the Cashiers Valley Plateau. It is not even the middle of the month and so many things are going on. Last weekend over the Independence Celebrations, the Third Annual Cashiers Mountain Music Festival was a smashing success.

Acts such as Sweet Carolina, Rafe Hollister, Dehlia Low, Balsam Range, Sweet Tater, Hurricane Creek, Rye Hollar Boys, Doc Watson and David Holt rocked the stage, and there were many more! Proceeds from the ticket sales went to The Cashiers Preservation Foundation which distributes funds to schools and otherworthy non-profit organization.

The weather was wonderful as usual during this time of the month with highs in the low 80's and lows in the 60's. What a wonderful way to Beat the Heat!

Lake Glenville had it's own fireworks on July 2nd along with Highlands area Fireworks which were on The 4th of July!

There is so much more to come this month here in the Cashiers area. Mountain Wildlife Days will be in Sapphire Valley Resort the weekend of July 15 and 16, sponsored by Wild South partnered with Sapphire Valley Resort and Cashiers Travel and Tourism.

There will be presentations about the Cherokee Indians and The Black Bears, which will focus on human-black bear interactions, which ties in with the “bear smart” initiative sponsored by the Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance .

Long-time and much-loved Mountain Wildlife Days presenter, Rob Gudger and his show-stopping wolves, will be presenting a brand new program this year. The new program is designed to promote a better understanding of wolves and their place in the natural environment. The Eagle Lady, Doris Mager, will be present with her collection of feathered friends including owls, falcons and a crested caracara.

 Guided hikes in Panthertown Valley and on Whitesides Mountain will be offered as well as a musical celebration by “Creation Singers” with messages from pastors Steve Kerhoulas of Christ Church of the Valley and Randy Harry of Cashier United Methodist Church. The featured message will be " Seeing God in Everything".

Of course don't forget the free Friday Night Concerts at the Village Commons along with " Slicks" famous summertime auctions, also on Friday evenings.

Concerts come alive on Saturday nights at The Gamekeepers Tavern in Sapphire NC.

So the summer has just started and is busting with things to do. If you need any information of places to stay you can always contact me. Hope to see you soon!

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