Rushing the End of Fall
Two significant storms passed over western North Carolina last month, the first bringing wind accelerating the demise of the autumn-colored leaves and the second bringing flooding, but even with all the more turbulent forces of nature around, a respite was right there to be found among the beauties of a stream rushing through a boulder-strewn landscape in South Mountain State Park, near Morganton, North Carolina.
From the cities in eastern North Carolina, this park is one of those often unknowingly bypassed on the way to the more well-known allures of Asheville, the Blue Ridge, the Smokies and many wilder areas of the Appalachians. But South Mountains definitely is worth a stop, especially a little later in the season when the leaves have all fallen at higher elevations. It has a beautiful trail system and boulder-filled streams to rival any found further into the larger mountain ranges just a bit further west.
Our visit this time was brief, and this and other shots we took were little more than snapshots to remind us of possibilities for a future visit another year when we can catch the fall color closer to peak, and hopefully without storms having accelerated the defoliation. Regardless, as an apparently more homebound winter approaches it seemed a good time to start going through some of the photo files on my computer and get a little inspiration going.
Thanks for viewing!
Rushing the End of Fall
Two significant storms passed over western North Carolina last month, the first bringing wind accelerating the demise of the autumn-colored leaves and the second bringing flooding, but even with all the more turbulent forces of nature around, a respite was right there to be found among the beauties of a stream rushing through a boulder-strewn landscape in South Mountain State Park, near Morganton, North Carolina.
From the cities in eastern North Carolina, this park is one of those often unknowingly bypassed on the way to the more well-known allures of Asheville, the Blue Ridge, the Smokies and many wilder areas of the Appalachians. But South Mountains definitely is worth a stop, especially a little later in the season when the leaves have all fallen at higher elevations. It has a beautiful trail system and boulder-filled streams to rival any found further into the larger mountain ranges just a bit further west.
Our visit this time was brief, and this and other shots we took were little more than snapshots to remind us of possibilities for a future visit another year when we can catch the fall color closer to peak, and hopefully without storms having accelerated the defoliation. Regardless, as an apparently more homebound winter approaches it seemed a good time to start going through some of the photo files on my computer and get a little inspiration going.
Thanks for viewing!