tháng 6 24, 2012
The only thing bad about hiking DOWN to the falls is --- you have to hike back UP when you are done!
The hike down to the first viewing area is about 4/10 of a mile from the parking lot…It was easy going down, but I could tell it was going to be a booger going back up ----
Once at the viewing area – we could see people up and over away at ANOTHER overlook and we wanted to go there too --- so ….okay, lets hike another 3/10 of a mile to the second viewing area --- which was uphill part way, and then down again.
It was SO WORTH IT!
You can’t tell from these photos, but the water was roaring and pounding and it was just magnificent.
There it goes, down the chute!
The rock formations are just majestic ---I try to imagine this land in all its glory being “discovered” in the 1700s as settlers expanded across North Carolina. Such a wondrous place!
Can you see the first crash of the falls at the way back? It makes that run, then continues down river to the chute I showed you above.
And then it crashes….through the rock formations, way down ----
After hiking to the second overlook --- we could see both sets of falls. I could have just sat up here forever.
Down stream, the Linville river smooths out and finds its way thorugh the towering pines.
One more glimpse of nature’s beauty ----trying not to think about the 7/10 of a mile hike BACK to the car. All told we only hiked about 1.5 miles --- but it felt like 5, and uphill both ways! LOL! By this time I was wishing I had NOT worn my jeans --- it was shorts weather and getting hotter by the minute. I had dressed for the cool of the caverns ---
Hot & sweaty me with two of the falls over my head --- I wished I could have jumped right in to that water!
We are driving home today --- It’s been SUCH a great weekend to get away from it all ---we WILL be back, that I know for a fact!
It’s time to hunker down and get going on the business end of things. I leave for the Vermont Quilt Festival on Wednesday. That doesn’t give me much time to get ready for anything! And on the tail of that is my family reunion in Idaho on July 4th, followed by my retreat time in Oregon for the Sister’s Quilt show – all one right after the other.
If books arrive before then, they will just be waiting for us when I get back --- it should be soon now, and even through THEY may be ahead of schedule ((I expected delivery sometime in late July)) I can’t change MY schedule to get all the orders out early if I am away from home – and that freaks me out a bit.
Getting books out is a priority to me.
I hope you will be patient with me and know that I will do everything I can to get them out as quickly as possible when I am home to do so.
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