According to someone who's traveled all over the state.
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24 hours in Boone NC

The courtyard at Rhodes Motor Lodge in Boone has been transformed with fire pits.
BOONE, N.C. — Freddie Pell helps lift a vintage wooden chair off the sidewalk and back inside his art gallery. It's starting to rain in downtown Boone, and he doesn't want it to get soaked — again.