Budget Travel is having a coolest small towns contest and Beaufort, NC is running neck and neck with a town from New York for first place. Vote for Beaufort. Even if you have never been there it'll be a good thing for NC. http://www.budgettravel.com/contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/
It was hard for me to vote for Beufort over Damascus VA. That is near my hometown and where the Virginia Creeper Trail is located. 17 mile bike trial down a mountain using an old railroad bed by the river. SO much fun. But NC is my homestate now. :mrgreen:
No winner declared yet ... from the site: " We were thrilled with the response for the amazing entrants in this year's Coolest Small Towns contest -- the race was tight and fierce and in fact, as many of you are already well aware, the response was so great you broke the site! We know you are anxious for the results, and we are anxious to do right. So bear with us while we make that determination and tune in mid-morning for the results! Read more: http://www.budgettravel.com/contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/#ixzz1l8zzJkY8
n this season of elections and campaigns in politics, Hollywood, American Idol–land, and beyond, the closest contest of all may well have been Budget Travel magazine's 7th "Coolest Small Towns." It was so close, in fact, that we have declared a tie between Beaufort, N.C, and Hammondsport, N.Y.! Read more: http://www.budgettravel.com/contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/#ixzz1l9EzOjUN
They have declared it a tie even though Beaufort had 0.2% more votes. They declared the tie due to the server crashing and not everyone being able to vote.
