Above, "Road to Grandfather" depicts a partially cleared road inside our homestead that winds around throughout the compound at about 4300 feet above sea level. The blue lacy shadows weave their way across the road and fade into the stand of rhododendron, birch and spruce on the right side of the road. Somewhere up ahead, over a few more hills and around a few more turns is the most beautiful mountain in all of North Carolina.
You're probably asking yourself..."what is the origin of the word and what does it mean?" Well, I Googled it...and wordnik.com says, "the larger withe-rod." I thought it would be a native-American word for "meandering creek with tall grasses" or something...regardless, it also points out that Shawneehaw is not a valid Scrabble word...who knew? Enjoy.