BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC: Cool Mountain Town Near ASHEVILLE 

Kurt and Sara......such fun for this 74 yo Art Major to watch you youngsters exploring those gorgeous small towns! Since I see that there are only 33 comments on this one......maybe there's a chance you'll actually read mine too! I've written to you guys once before but no response. I understand though. Anyway, I was a nearly full time bab assistant at a community college in Marin County California in 77, 8 and 9 and I've built 9 arch structures. Mostly ceramic kilns, but an earth cool root cellar and a chimney top too! But when I was exploring in Spain, I watched two teams of masons build a 24 X 12 meter church.....and it took only 8 days to create the entire arch structure! Wow! That blew my mine and expanded my awareness of the potential of arch structures. Nowadays with insulated building blocks, like "super blocks" the entire home is instantly fully insulated....and then you cover the entire arch with rectangle "high fired" tiles using "thin set" and that roof will last a couple hundred years. You can google "arch homes" for some great examples too! If both ends of the arch are double or triple glazed (depending on the weather where you're going to build), you have a super fast and cheap to build and super cheap to heat or cool too! You can contact me at for more info. I've been an Expat living in rural Esaan, Thailand for 29 years now! I'm in paradise and surrounded by Angles....but S.E. Asia is not for everyone....and probably not for you two. Nonetheless, arch homes are the way to go, I call them "Creative Caves"! Haley On and On you two!!! Rollee

Yes we’re very small town - and that’s the way we like it - if a lot of people move in - we want be small town anymore - we will be just over ran with people as from where all the people came from - with high prices - even higher - Love people to visit - enjoy -

Hello you two gems!! Thank you for sharing this! Such a cool town and it was so awesome bumping into you! So very kind of you to give me and my mama a shout out! She says hello! lol I’ll be back in the Asheville area soon, so maybe we will cross paths again!✌🏼🌸

Awesome video, My family line comes from Black mountain and were early pioneers of that area

Hello Kurt & Sara! Thank you for your recommendation for Goldfinch! We are in Black Mountain this weekend and had dinner there, DELICIOUS!!!!!❤😊

Thank you for sharing! Nice coffee shop, will try it there.

Nice coffee shop! We love the mountains and pass through Black Mountains in our Blue Ridge travels. Thanks for sharing!! New friends to your channel.

I'm in Black Mountain visiting my parents and it's a very beautiful town.

There is a restaurant on a side st. with a great red soup. Some kind of wedding soup. Great stuff

Check out Black Mountian Iron works, on Padgett Town Rd. Been there 20 yes. Dan made those big iron rocking chairs in the town square. He has a real neat shop. Check it out next time.

LOVE DRIPOLATOR!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I live here in NC, but have never been to Black Mountain. Would LOVE to go visit there at some point. Thank you guys for sharing. God bless. 😊🌹

I love Black Mountain. There are some good musicians that play at the White Horse. I have a gig there on October 3rd this year.

I wonder if the 4th mountain peak is a step-sister. 😂 Thanks for making this video! What a cool little town! 😁🤙

I love the mountains

Hey you two thanks for the video content! I’m an RN in Maine thinking about moving to Black Mountain if I can find a job in the area, sell my house here and buy something there. I love that you included plant based options while you were out and about as I’ve been plant based for eight years. I just found you and subscribed.

Alright! 😀

I would try highland station coffee shop in marshall nc !! It is very “hole in the wall” but it is sooo good! Its old fashioned! I used to get the vanilla latte with oatmilk. 👍🏽💙

just moved to black mountain from south avl. Sooo excited to really explore and settle in. Ive been wanting to live here for a year!

Thank you for the great videos. We are planning to retire in the Asheville area (probably Hendersonville). Love seeing all of the cool towns nearby. Maybe you could give us a peak at a neighborhood or two in each town?

Great video. Do you have one of Hendersonville,NC? Thx

what would you guys say is your favorite town in all of NC if someone was buying you a home and you were retired?

I will say….you made a valiant attempt at eating the cinnamon… :)

Hi! New to your community. I and my fiance live in Guam and looking for a nice small town with mild 4 seasons to retire. We are artists and love nature. I'm Eurasian and he is a native Chamorrow. There doesn't seem to be much diversity. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be an issue but would you say this town would be welcoming to us?

Hi guys! I like your chanel...I would love to have name of the restaurant you ate the chorizo tacos...Thanks

I feel like the 3rd wheel

Coming soon another small town over ran and ruined