Saturday 4/12/20014
We are no longer in Marion, NC, but as usual I am behind in my blogging. So what else is new! From Marion, we took Hwy. 221 North. |
As we start to climb the mountain, we saw homes on the mountain side. |
We were headed to Linville Falls for some exercise. |
We didn't bring Mallery, because we didn't know if dogs were allowed, but from this sign we saw they are allowed on a leash. |
The upper falls of Linville Falls, flows over a 12 foot rock shelf. |
This is another view of the middle falls that Joe was sitting by. You can see the two large rocks the falls goes through. |
I didn't think so, so I had to zoom in a little more. Can you see them now? |
OK, if you didn't see the people in my last zoomed picture you are blind and need better glasses. But for you I got the zoomed lens out. Now do you see the people? |
We were heading for Chimney View. The trails are not that long, but steep, so it gives old, out of fit people, a good workout! |
After climbing a steep hill, you take steps down to the overlook. |
Lot's of people at the overlook because it is Saturday. |
View of the lower falls of Linville Falls that we couldn't see at our first stop. |
Zoom lens view. |
Another overlook view just steps away. |
View from that overlook. |
View looking down river, from the same overlook. |
More hiking up a rough uneven path to another overlook. |
View from a overlook at the top of the hill. |
From that overlook, we see the sign for Erwin's view, which is just around the bend. |
View from Erwin's overlook with the zoom lens. This lower falls plunges 90 feet to Plunge Basin. |
We left the falls and headed down the mountain back on Hwy 221. |
Once down the mountain, we continued on Hwy 221 south toward our campground in Marion, NC. |
But before we headed home, we wanted to go to Wal-Mart in Spruce Pines. We had a choice to go on Hwy 226 A or Hwy 226. We chose Hwy 226. |
We took Hwy 226 back down the mountain. Note the warning to truckers to maintain a speed of 15 mph. |
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