Just like Heaven

Just like heaven. No, I am not talking about the Cure song, I am talking about Mountain Air, in Burnsville, NC, where my my mom and step-dad live.

With one month left to go in summer, I will be living here in heaven for about a week. Traveling the US as extensively as I have this year, I have realized how beautiful and diverse a country the US is. But back to Mountain Air.

When you come to mountain Air you pass the gate and immediately begin a 3 mile climb to the top of the mountain. As I have climbed the top half of the mountain with my bike I am starting to believe that the Mountains in Europe are different than the ones in the states. I believe the US mountains to be much steeper than the winding switchbacks of Europe.

Besides the differences in the mountains, the house that my parents live in is modest, compared to the other houses on this mountain, but the view that we have is breath-taking, looking down on the 17th green with a beautiful backdrop of the Smokey mountain.

But enough with houses or mountains. Mountain Air, is a community unlike an other. The people that live on this mountain are some of the nicest people I have met. There kindness is genuine and sincere.

Mountain Air for me is an escape from the stresses of the life and the world. It is a place to reflect, to gather you thoughts, to have some YOU time. As a person who genuinely puts the concerns of others in front of my own, it is nice to enjoy Mountain Air for myself.

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

-JFK