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Old Posted Aug 22, 2019, 2:41 PM
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The nearest beachish sort of thing to Asheville is the beach at Lake Lure, about 45 minutes southeast of town.


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A drone video of said beach, showing off the dazzlingly sunny weather for which Western North Carolina is world-famous:

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