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Thank you for taking the time to hear my story! I visited Beech Mountain several times pre-kids and absolutely love the small town feel. My trips were during the winter months and of course being from FL just seeing the snow is beautiful. I later visited during the summer months with my kids and boyfriend and it is just as pretty in the summer time as it is in the winter. A friend purchased a place in the same complex and I started trying to figure out how I could do the same! My teacher salary is nothing great in FL but with a little work and help from my boyfriend I was able to get this place in the summer of 2018. It kind of came with a full time renter so I knew we wouldn't be able to enjoy it until the summer of 2019. We packed up 3 adults, 2 young kids, a dog, and a trailer full of tools expecting a quick clean and some fresh paint. Upon arrival we discovered the place was completely trashed and for the most part unlivable. We got to work that night and worked pretty much non stop for 4 weeks. Some nights we were up past 3 trying to finish all of the little projects that needed to be done to make this place our vacation home as well. We finally finished at the end of June, just in time to go back to work...but its done and the next time we go up we will be able to enjoy the place without all of the work! I hope you enjoy Beech Mountain as much as my family does:)

I love the location! It's close enough to the slopes to walk to the lower lift or close enough to drive easily. Summer months we enjoy the parks in Valle Cruces and Banner Elk. Buckeye Rec. Center is a short drive and offers indoor and outdoor activities for the kids as well as a hiking trail. Johnson City is about an hour away and if you want a Target or Fazoli's they have it! I have an Etsy store so we love shopping the Habitat for Humanity stores in the summer (I came home with a trailer full of stuff...). The deer are everywhere in this area and my girls love waking up and seeing them in the wooded areas of the complex. Boone is about 45 minutes away and we usually make several trips there during our summer stays. Winter months we like to take the girls to the sledding hill in town. Tubing at Beech and Sugar are also fun during the winter months. New lifts make skiing and snowboarding more accessible this year compared to previous years. We are looking forward to visiting and testing them out! I can't forget Fred's is less than a mile away and open until 10. I could really go on and on about why I like it here:) It's a nice change of pace and my girls love visiting whether they get to see snow or not.

It's on a mountain and it snows here!! During the summer the temperature does not go over 80. When we were here in July it was actually down in the 50's! That is cold for us Florida people:)