CREATE YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE! Wander our country roads through river valleys, small towns and into the mountains to enjoy scenic drives, heritage trails, and traditional local events CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: State Street is the main street of Black Mountain. Olivia Ward sits in an oversized rocker in a town known for its rocking chairs. Lake Tomahawk is the central feature of the town park of the same name. Mountain trip began, it felt like we were headed home. The views welcomed us, the locals treated us with kindness and our soon-to-be future home was exactly what we had been looking for the whole time. It took four lost Asheville home bids to realize that we were bidding on a location that was never meant to be. Now officially a part of the Black Mountain community, I can't imagine trading these Blue Ridge Mountain views with anywhere else. I'm so grateful that Black Mountain chose us. VISITHARDYWV.COM Follow us on Come for the day but plan to stay the night and experience the natural beauty and the genuine hospitality of West Virginia! Photography by Alan Kelly #VisitHardyWV MARCH/APRIL 2024 57http://www.VISITHARDYWV.COM