I can't recall ever mowing grass this early. Guess it's gonna be a long spring and summer.

I don't think we ever stopped mowing this year....maybe skipped a week

We really didn't have a winter here, didn't get any snow and very few sub-freezing days.

Whereabouts in western NC are you?

I am watering with a hose. If I turn the sprinkler system on it will probably get cold enough to damage it. Mormally we get snow well into May. I have a feeling Spring is here to stay though. Maybe if we get some rain I can get my lawn back to normal.

Morganton NC, just at the foot of the mountains.

Not much in the way of mountains, compared to what MB has out there.

I have some property on the other side of the mountains from you.. Kind of northwesterly

Mountains are Mountains. The biggest difference is altitude. Steep is steep is just a bit harder to breath at 12,000 feet than 4,000 feet.

I've lived here my whole life. Wish I was in a position to move, but financially I really can't go anywhere right now.

Rth is not too far from the highest point in the US, east of the Mississippi

I've been on Mount Mitchell several times, but Grandfather Mountain is my favorite. I go to a photographers conference there every fall.