Boating Lake Glenville

You need to rent a pontoon boat and tour Lake Glenville.  It's located 8 miles north of Cashiers on Hwy 107 North.  It is the highest lake east of the Mississippi River and has 26 miles of shoreline and encompasses 1,450 acres.  It is very clean and safe.

Rent your pontoon boat from Signal Ridge Marina (828-743-2143).  Reservations are always a good idea, especially on weekends.  You can pay more, but I like the 22' boat with the 90 HP Yamaha outboard.  It's about $45 per hour and gas and tax are extra.  Three or four hours is plenty.  Get a map showing where the four waterfalls.  There is a little dock and picnic area near the dam.  Great swimming area with clean restrooms for the kids.   You can rent tubes to pull the kids around if you're so inclined.  

Take an ice chest and picnic in the grassy park by the dam.   You can rent tubes to pull the kids around if you're so inclined.    Kids under 13 need life vests while underway (supplied).

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Where to Swim

Here are some places to swim on a hot, summer day:

1.  Sliding Rock (Cashiers):  From the Cashiers Crossroads, head south on Hwy 107 about two miles just past the High Hampton golf course to Whiteside Cove Road.  Turn right and proceed about 2 miles to the bridge.  Just a little further, find parking on your right and make your way down the trail to Sliding Rock.  You can usually just follow the sounds of the water and people having fun.  

2.  Sliding Rock (Pisgah):  Head east on Hwy 64 through Brevard to Pisgah Forest.  Turn left into the park and go to the ranger station about two miles on your right.  Ask for directions to Sliding Rock.  

3.  Lake Fairfield:  Head west on Hwy 64 toward Cashiers about four miles.  Look for the turnoff to Fairfield Lake on your right.  There is a very clean swimming area on the beach and some covered picnic tables and restrooms.  You will need your amenity card.  You can also rent paddle boats and canoes from the marina.

4.  Lake Glenville Picnic Area:  Located next to the dam on Lake Glenville.

5.  Schoolhouse Falls:  In Panthertown.  You can walk behind the waterfall and splash around in the cold water.  Easiest access is the eastern access off of Hwy 28 into Panthertown.  

4.  Sapphire Valley Community Center:  Head west on Hwy 64 toward Cashiers about four miles.  Turn left into the Wyndham Resort Community Center.  There are four pools, saunas, steam rooms and spas to play around in.  One of the pools is indoors in case its raining.  You will need your amenity card.

5.  Silver Slip Falls:  This is easy to access, a very short walk, and a nice pool at the bottom of the falls.  Take Hwy 107 south from the Cashiers Crossroads, and look for Silver Slip Falls on your left after a few miles.  The parking is tight sometimes, and the traffic moves pretty fast, so be careful.  Take the little trail to the falls.  You can swim in the pool at the bottom.  


Please remember to stay away from the tops of the falls.  The rocks are slippery and it is very easy to end up over the falls.  Just hang out in the pools at the bottoms of the falls.

         

Using Audio-Visual Equipment

Hi, everyone.  Feel free to enjoy the televisions, CD player and DVD player in our home.  I just have two very important requests:

1.    Please do NOT clean the screen on any of the TV sets in the home.  If they are going to get scratched, I would rather do it myself.  If they get smudgy, please just leave them that way, and I will take care of it.

2.    Please do NOT unplug, switch, or in any other way modify any of the cables attached to the back of the equipment.  Rest assured that everything is hooked up properly.  If somebody moves a cable, it creates major headaches for us.

Man Cave and Master BR

The equipment is pretty self-explanatory.  In the Man Cave, the big screen TV is “smart” and you can access the Internet by hitting the multi-color button on the black remote.  That way, you can access NetFlix or whatever you subscribe to.  If you have trouble switching between the Internet and cable, your problem will be solved by hitting the “source” button on the white remote, and choosing HDMI3.

In the Master BR, this is HD, but not “smart”.  So you are limited to  satellite programming or DVD.

Neither the Man Cave or Master BR systems are hooked into the whole-house audio system.  They are stand-alone systems.

Living Room System

This is a little bit complicated, but if you follow these instructions, you won’t have any problems.

This system can do surround sound in the Living Room.  You can also switch audio output to the following rooms:

            Man Cave

            Master Bedroom

            Master Bath

            Upstairs Guest Bath

If you just want to watch TV (satellite programming), all you have to do is turn the TV on with the satellite TV (STV) remote, and control the volume and channels with that same remote.

The only time you need to use the amplifier is if you want surround sound in Living Room and/or whole house audio in one or more of the four locations above.

To Watch TV in Living Room

1.    Turn on the TV with the STV remote, and adjust channel and volume with that same remote.

2.    If you want surround sound in Living Room, turn on the amplifier with the LR Amplifier Remote and make sure it is set to “V.Aux”.

3.    If you want the TV output to go to some or all of the other four locations in the house (see above), manually turn on the sub-amplifier located to the left of the main amplifier.  Each room that has sound has its own volume control in the room itself. 

To Watch DVD in the Living Room

1.    Power on the DVD player with the Sony DVD remote.

2.    Then take the STV remote and change “TV input” to HDMI2.

3.    Control volume by STV remote.

4.    If you want surround sound in Living Room, you must MANUALLY select “DVD/VDP” on the amplifier (you can’s use remote for this).

5.    When you’re done with the DVD, switch the amp back to “V.Aux”.

To Listen to CD Music in Living Room

1.    Power on CD player with JVC remote.

2.    Select “CD” button on amplifier MANUALLY (remote will not work)

3.    Put in CD, and use JVC remote to play.

4.    When you are done, return the amplifier to “V.Aux”.