Autumn is a beautiful time in the forest. One of our favorite trails, Twin Falls, is best hiked in the spring before the trees leaf out, or in the autumn when the trees are losing their leaves. As the name implies, at the end of this two mile (four miles round trip) trail are two waterfalls. It's a fun, easy trail with about 12 water crossings. Fun!!
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| hunting season. we all wore orange |
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| first of twelve water crossings |
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| it's a beautiful trail |
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| Coop took advantage of each and every water crossing! |
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| almost there |
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| one of the falls |
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| second falls. hard to see as the trees were still leafed out |
Other favorite waterfalls in the Pisgah National Forest include...
Stonebridge Falls...
as well as...
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| Upper Falls |
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| Second Falls |
Some of our other favorite waterfalls include the falls at DuPont
State Forest...
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| Hooker Falls |
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| Triple Falls |
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| we needed to hang on to Cooper as this is... |
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| thankfully, we didn't see any snakes |
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| High Falls |
as well as in the Nantahala National Forest...
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| Silver Run Falls |
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Whitewater Falls; highest falls east of the Rockies falling
811 feet |
We had a blast during our seven months here. We spent a day in
Gatlinburg were we saw (right along the road)...
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the third cub was on the back side of the tree. mama must have
been near by. |
In September we went to Catalooche for the elk rut (breeding). We heard quite a bit of bugling and saw quite a few elk...
We went to Mt. Mitchell, which at an elevation of 6,684 feet,
is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River...
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| the circle designates Mt. Mitchell |
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| road leading to top of Mt. Mitchell |
We spent an amazing seven months here in the mountains. We were able to experience the total solar eclipse in our "backyard". It was amazing. We had about ten seconds of totality. Lights came on, a rooster crowed. We even saw the "snakes" (wiggly lines) on the ground.
We had to "evacuate" for hurricane Maria (we moved 500 feet out from the canopy of the trees)...
We had some interesting birds visit our backyard...
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| pileated woodpecker |
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| bluebird |
Ms. Nosy Bear also made several appearances. We never saw her, only
her paw prints.
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| she left her prints on our door |
As I mentioned, Autumn is beautiful here in the mountains...
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| view of Graveyard Fields... |
We enjoyed our time here so much, that we will return in April of 2018.
Until next time,
Ron, Dawn and Cooper
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