Cabin culture is deeply ingrained in Americana, and even more finely so in Appalachia. Thousands of cabins are sprinkled across the Carolinas alone, in every county, on almost every lake, river, stream, and hillside. They vary from rustic ship-lap chalets to impressive log estates, a-frames with 360-degree porches and cabins with mother-in-law suites. Some were built in the late 1890s while others were completed with smart-home technology of the early 2020s.   North Carolina had ~192,000 seasonal or recreational homes in 2010, the 7th largest number of all the states. This figure may rise with the 2020 U.S. Census figures.   After a year of such wild headlines and frenzy,…