Magnet #41 - The Blowing Rock, NC We visited Blowing Rock, NC, during our 10-day roadtrip through North Carolina and South Carolina. Yes. Through NC and SC - don't ask.
The town and the attraction is in western NC, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The actual rock formation itself is never quite as big as advertised - but how can it be when it's surrounded by the gorgeous mountainside. Nevertheless, it's an attraction that people always visit in NC, and have since the early 1900s.
Legend has it that a Cherokee brave in love with this Chickasaw, well, chick, and was torn between the conflict of his duty to stay with her and returning to his people. He couldn't decide what to do, so he jumped off this rock. The legend goes on to say that the girl was so distraught that she prayed for his return for the rest of her days. And ever since, there's been a perpetual wind that's blown upward from the valley below.
It's all a little too Romeo and Juliet, but, whatevs. It was good enough to explain why the snow blows upside down near Blowing Rock.
This is yet another one of my metallics (again with the fake nomenclature!)...it's actually pretty fragile, given how intricate the design is.
Pretty, no?
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