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Favorite Winter Fun Spot
Written By: Jenny King | Issue: 2016/01 - Winter | Photograph By: Tim Burleson
In last month’s issue, we asked you to choose your favorite spot to do some bird watching. Choices were Turtle Pond Road, Horse Cove, and the Botanical Gardens at the Highlands Nature Center. Your favorite spot was the Highlands Nature Center.
Winter in Highlands and Cashiers used to mean it was time to hibernate.
No more.
Visitors and residents alike now have lots of reasons to get out and about. At the time of this writing, the ice skating rink at The Kelsey Hutchinson Park in Highlands was not completed, so we can’t include that one…yet. In the meantime, let’s take a look at three other options for winter fun and then you can tell us which is
your favorite.
Highlands Pool – Newly renovated, the Highlands Pool is the first public pool in our area to be enclosed, heated and open year-round. It offers something for everyone: swimming lessons; water aerobics classes; lap swim; kayak roll clinics and hosts the Highlands Hurricanes Swim Team. For more complete listings on what’s offered, contact the Highlands Recreation Department at (828) 526-3556.
The Cashiers Glenville Recreation Center – This 24,500 square foot facility offers a full size gymnasium; a fitness Room with true cardiovascular equipment, TuffStuff Fitness weight equipment, and free weights; an aerobics room; meeting room with warming kitchen and men’s and women’s locker room and shower facilities. For more information call them at (828) 631-2020.
Ski Sapphire Valley – Since the Ski Resort was built in 1964, it has provided many families with a mountain of happy winter memories. They’ve recently added The Vordach Zip Line and a renovated Base Lodge Park and Fire Pit to complete the experience. For more information, visit Skisapphirevalley.com.
Don’t forget to let us know which of these three winter activities is your favorite. Just go to our Facebook page and tell us what you think. Oh, sitting at home by the fire with a book and mug of hot cocoa is also a valid option and you’re encouraged to take some time to be still.
