1) The Blue Ridge Parkway - beautiful and close by

2) Four Seasons without being ridiculous.  I fully expect Spring to arrive in March [when it should!] unlike other states....Yankee states.....when Spring may or may not arrive sometime in May.

3) Southern Food.  Need I say more?  No, I don't think so.  Those who don't appreciate Souther cookin' should stay far, far away.

4) Polite Children.  Even in Walmart the moms insist on making their children apologize {"Say I'm sorry to that lady you just ran down with the cart ,or you'll get what's coming to you!!"}

5) Slow Drivers.  All this driving-10-miles-under-the-speed-limit-on-state-roads is probably good for me.  I'm learning to take deep cleansing breaths and repeat the mantra "I'll get there eventually.  I'll get there eventually."