So this perfect little place is Fontana Dam, North Carolina.  I am a bit attached to this area as it was here at Fontana Village that I got a summer job after my freshman year in college and met this lifeguard. That lifeguard and I got married in the village, are still together and have four children. My first child, while not born here, (there is no local hospital) was raised here the first months of his life.
We have returned here again and again to this place with our children, friends and other family members. It is a beautiful, restful and relaxed place. Part of the Appalachian trail crosses over here, campers, families, hikers and motorcycle riders have been traveling to this remote corner of North Carolina for years.
It is worth the curvy mountain drive, I promise.