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Work Travels: Murphy to Manteo

by bhealthy on April 4, 2011

The town of Murphy, NC was founded in 1835 when the first post office was opened under the name of Huntington, the Col. Hunter was the First Postmaster.  Huntington later became Murphy, named after Archibald D. Murphey,

Archibald D. Murphey

 

Later in 1839, Cherokee County was formed from a portion of neighboring Macon County. Prior to 1839, Cherokee County and the surrounding area was home to the Cherokee Indian Nation. In 1839, the Cherokee were removed forced upon the infamous “Trail of Tears”.

The “Trail of Tears” followed a pathway out of town that is now Lakeside Drive.

In 1851, Murphy was incorporated as the county seat of Cherokee County.

My last trip of the week was to Murphy NC, where the Agent had so graciously called in a favor at her Wellness Center for free guest passes! Last week was so long and we had a long drive ahead of us on Friday, so keeping up with exercise and eating healthy was very helpful!

I was able to get in resistance training at the Hiwassee Wellness center and a jog around the Konehete Park. We had lunch with several of the Agents’ from the county office at Brother’s (you’ll have to try it though it was too dark for my photo) before getting on the road for a 7 hr + drive back home! The drive was incredibly scenic and filled with those grass fed cows I mentioned in the last post! Ready for more mountain photos?

Heading into what the Ag Agent in Cherokee called “The Gorge”, which is really the Nantahala Gorge. He also told us that the “Tail of the Dragon” (a big motorcycle race/event) winds and twists through this gorge.

Back through the Nantahala Forest…I really must come back and go white water rafting here!

Now that is a gorgeous gorge, Get it, Gorge…ous

Thankfully, I had my (super awesome) coworker to snap this photo of me, share the mileage ….

(Me!)

and we split this too- River’s End Molten Chocolate Cake

The raspberry sauce really made the dish, the cake was incredibly moist, and well vanilla ice cream is a classic. Throughout this entire trip, I had wanted to find this Mt. Dew Supernova since our first stop on Tuesday because I kept seeing commercials for it. Though I’m not the “commercial” type, I did want to try it because I like to try new things. I finally found it somewhere along I 40! To be truthful, it really wasn’t that great but I’m glad I found it so I didn’t have to wonder anymore!

I started my work travels this year with Manteo and have now gone all the way to Murphy.  Did you know that “Murphy to Manteo” is kind of a “big deal” in NC ?
http://teamfox.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/w41494_s273558944_56465.jpgThis past September, 3 women set out to run this 545 miles to raise money for Parkinson’s Disease research.Maybe I will get to run it with them sometime ?! It was a great trip but I couldn’t have been more excited to be home for the weekend! The weekend has already flown by. Guess who is heading out of town (again) towards Manteo this afternoon!?

(Yep, Me Again!)

It seems like it is never ending. I did get in a 5 mile run today so now I just need to pack up and get on the road.

Have you ever been to Murphy? Have you ever been to Manteo?

I have to say, Manteo is probably one of my favorite places in NC because of the gorgeous waterfront, tons of cute restaurants and laid-back feel!

Any exciting plans for this week?
Today is my brother-in-law’s birthday ( HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!) and my friend Timmy’s birthday ( HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM!)
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  • http://www.itzyskitchen.com Erica

    Wow- such gorgeous travels! And I love the history lesson that comes with ;) The pictures of you are totally cute too. My FIL is obsessed with molten cake- he has to get it every time its on the menu :) Lots of birthday for you today!! Weekend was great. Lots of time with Josh

  • http://three-cookies.blogspot.com/ Three-Cookies

    The scenary is amazing, this is part of the US probably not so familiar to outsiders. Some of the scenary reminds me of NZ

  • http://healthnut-em.blogspot.com emily

    More gorgeous scenery!
    and that chocolate cake looks pretty wonderful, too. :)

  • http://www.givelovecreatehappiness.com/blog.html Wendy Irene

    Happy Birthday Greg and Tim! I love the photos of you! The mountains are gorgeous! It reminds me a lot of here (Idaho) except it is probably warmer there ;-) Have a good trip! Can’t wait to hear about it.

  • http://www.beinghealthier.com bhealthy

    Thanks Wendy!!!! You are tooo cute wishing them happy bdays too! Thanks! I really want to take a cross country trip sometime and see Idaho for sure!

  • http://www.beinghealthier.com bhealthy

    Emily- It was awesome. ( by It, I mean both :) )

    Three-Cookies- I have never been to NZ, I was actually really surprised at how pretty it was!

    Erica- I should’ve been a history teacher! haha. I just found out while I was there and was like oo, I have to go get a picture of it….etc. I’m having fun for sure. Hooray for Josh time, I can’t wait to catch up on blogs – especially yours b/c you always do a preggers update!

  • http://eatingRD.com eatingRD

    Wow, you’ve been doing a lot of traveling :) What absolutely gorge-ous scenery!!! looks beautiful there

  • http://www.healthydivaeats.com katie

    I will take that dessert please! Looks amazing!!!! Yes the puffs are awesome!!!! U need to try!

  • http://swankydietitian.com Kristen (swanky dietitian)

    Wow..is really is gorgeous!
    Ok, and that cake looks to die for! Molten chocolate cakes are seriously my favorite!

  • http://mealsformiles.wordpress.com Kelly

    How lovely! Exploring different places (and learning the history) is always so much fun. That molten chocolate cake looks to die – I wouldn’t have wanted to share!