As I walked this path back past the houses that had been in this valley since 1903, to my truck, I wondered what it must have been like to live here over a hundred years ago, and just who had used these paths. Cataloochee does a great job of transporting you back in time. It is the ultimate time capsule.
These houses on Sunset Beach in North Carolina have an amazing view of Bird Island, a large 1300 acre bird sanctuary that can be accessed and viewed from the beach. To read more about this area see the Wiki Article here: https://goo.gl/nf3YCT