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I’ll take mountains over the beach RANDY CAPPS
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As I write this, my wife and mother-in-law are speeding toward Virginia Beach
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for a weekend of fun in the sun. They’ll have a blast, I’m sure, but my nirvana happened a few weeks ago when I got to spend a long weekend in the mountains near Cashiers. I didn’t see a mountain until I was a freshman at GardnerWebb, but I’ve been captivated by them ever since. I guess it’s something about perspective and having a constant visual reminder about how small I am
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and how insignificant most dayto-day things really are. On our first morning there, I decided to get up and watch the sun rise. I wrapped myself in a blanket, left my cellphone where it was and wandered out on the deck. Looking back, I wish I would have brought the phone with me. But since I didn’t get a picture, I’ll just tell you about it. The sun was hiding behind that rather large mountain, making the sky around it a lovely shade of light purple. There was a fairly stiff breeze going from right to left, which made
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me grateful for the blanket. It turns out the wind, plus that fun mountain combination of cool nights and warm days in springtime, creates a nice little show on the mountain. As the sun worked its way over the ridge — and it took a while — lowlevel clouds were brushing past the mountain. It almost looked like the smokestack of a factory was back there somewhere, mass producing clouds instead of smoke. I’m not the biggest nature lover, but I ignored my chattering teeth and sat there for almost an hour. It was the kind of wonder I can’t find in a beach chair.
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