I went to Hickory, although I prefer to be out west that time of year. (I got there
later). I enjoyed it...had not been to the area in years. Explored Hickory (furniture
sales), the Southern RR Museum at Salisbury (second time, was there in winter once
researching my dad's locomotive), Tweetsie, Blowing Rock, a few covered bridges
and water mills in the area, she had some interesting tours including Biltmore at
Asheville, I bought a few items but I met a guy who had had access to fantastic
photos, never published, of the Gold Prince mill at Animas Forks (that was torn down and moved down to build the second mill at Eureka). Views all around it!! Much better than anything in the Sloan and Skowronski book (The Rainbow Route).The
Gold Prince is purported to have been the largest mill in Colorado and is on my "to
build" list. Uh, WAS it the largest in Colorado?
