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Maggie Valley; Have Breakfast With The Locals – Carver’s Maggie Valley and Joeys Pancake House

Restaurateur, Carver poses with a cardboard image of now deceased Popcorn Sutton, a legend now in Maggie Valley!
Restaurateur, Carver poses with a cardboard image of now deceased Popcorn Sutton, a legend now in Maggie Valley!

DSCF4326APtravelnews-September 19th–Maggie Valley, N.C.--You “gotta” eat, eh?  Well we had a great appetite enjoying  all the outdoor things to do in Maggie Valley such as hiking and identifying mushrooms, trees and plants, visiting museums such as the Shelton House in Waynesville, browsing a weekend Farmer s Market full of jellies, cheeses, veggies and crafts too!  So we headed to Carver’s Maggie Valley Restaurant. We met with owner, James Carver. The Carver Family has owned and operated the restaurant for 50-years. Did you ever watch the White Lightening TV Show about the North Carolina Moonshiners, with “Popcorn Sutton?” Well Carver knew this curmudgeonly man quite well. Actually,everyone did know this old time local character-he was a true one-of-a-kind personality, as some mountain folks are known to be when they hard-scrabble their way through life, bereft of a steady, 9-5 job– hard to find in the wild mountain regions of NC and other areas of the Smokies. Lets just say; they were as independent as one could be. Our eggs, pancakes, bacon and coffees were far above reproach. We’ll definitely go back again and again to Carvers place!

Located at 2804 Soco Road., Maggie Valley (828) 926-0425.

Great exercise walking the wild, scenic trails of the Cataloochee Hills and mountains.
Great exercise walking the wild, scenic trails of the Cataloochee Hills and mountains.
Hiking with a naturalist who showed us mushroom identification methods.
Hiking with a naturalist who showed us mushroom identification methods.

 

While hiking gorgeous water features make themselves known loudly and clearly along the way in Haywood County!
While hiking, gorgeous water features make themselves known loudly and clearly along the way in Haywood County!
Miss Maggie visits businesses along the main Street of Maggie Valley. A continuing hostess representing This vacation paradise!
Miss Maggie visits
businesses along the main Street of Maggie Valley. A continuing hostess representing This vacation paradise! She stopped in at Joey’s to welcome us and have a chat!

A day later, we enjoyed excellent pancakes and eggs (I had  their special of eggs, pancakes,  real, really good corned beef hash and coffee that tasted like the high priced mocha)!  Barb had the same, but her meat was Country Ham.  Frankly, the pancakes were fluffy and far above the average cakes we eat on our travels to and through the USA. Joeys Pancake House, 4309 Soco Road, Maggie Valley – www.joeyspancake.com (828) 926-0212

 

 

MOVING TO ST. PETERSBURG-THE UN-TOURIST GUIDE-136-PAGES OF KNOWLEDGE FOR NEW RESIDENTS AND OLD ONES TOO!

Moving To St. Petersburg book offers the info. you'd need to transition from anywhere to Gorgeous St. Petersburg!
Moving To St. Petersburg book offers the info. you’d need to transition from anywhere to Gorgeous St. Petersburg!

APtravelnews-Dec. 21st- Book review from Bob and Barb–Cindy Dobyns  book: “Moving To St. Petersburg-The UN-Tourist Guide” is just that! The 136-page book lets every reader know all about the “real” St. Petersburg from the generally, non-tourist paradigm. The book offers all types of information and non-static, statistics in an interesting format for anyone considering a move to St. Petersburg.

Just a few of the informational things a potential new resident would love to know about are: Cost of living-real estate-Art, music and other cultural amenities-all about the enjoyment of the outdoors-shopping-schools-finding jobs-property taxes-History of St. Petersburg-Boating and beaches- media-Fishing-Sport teams and just about everything else you would want to know. In pictures and words, this is a must have book if your considering a move or even for locals who really do not know much about the many things available to them would like this book. Barb and I are happy where we are now, but after looking over this book we’d certainly consider St. Petersburg as the next best place we’d move to in our retirement years!

The book is published by the Voyager Media, Inc. Copyright in 2014 by Cindy Dobyns. We met her and received our signed copy. Yes, after review we can highly recommend this book-Period! Check the book out on Google! Or go: ISBN-978-0-9899523-3-0 in soft cover. The book is also available as an e-book.

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