Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
More from another trip to Burnsville Last Weekend.
Last weekend Bruno and myself went back up to the mountains and stayed in a little cabin on Neils creek which is near the place Ronda and stayed at a couple of weeks before. WHAT AN AWESOME TIME WE HAD !!!
We had a small cabin right on the creek and you just couldnt have had a better spot. We spent the weekend fishing, hiking to and climbing waterfalls, and swimming in the creeks.
Of note, the trails and campgrounds were closed by the forrest service because there had been 6 accounts in one week of bear activity. The night before we arrived, one bear had actually gone into a tent with two little girls and taken the food out. to be fair to the bear, the girls didnt need the food anyway. No one was hurt but the Rangers were all over the place posting notices.
On the first waterfall we hiked to, we were talking about what we would do if we saw a bear and then looked down to see this ....
Thats bear Poo Poo.....and yes..... a bear really does #$% in the woods.......except they tend to do it on the trails.....
We hiked to two seperate falls. The first was a small one and not well traveled but it had a great little swimming hole at the bottom. The first 3 pictures show Bruno jumping off the rock into the water. Ice cold doesent even come close to describing how that water felt.
I didnt want to look like a chicken so climbed up also. But there no way I was jumping.
The second falls we went to were the Roaring Fork Falls. We both decided to climb all the way up about 150 to 200 feet. Its much steeper than it looks in the pictures. This climb was the highlight of the trip and we both are already about talking about going back before it gets too cold to do it.
This is the back porch on the cabin and also the view from the porch. I just cant say enough how nice it was up there. THe creek is literally only 10 feet off the porch so you have the sound of the water right there ! My coffee that morning as the sun was coming up just tasted excellent.
We had a small cabin right on the creek and you just couldnt have had a better spot. We spent the weekend fishing, hiking to and climbing waterfalls, and swimming in the creeks.
Of note, the trails and campgrounds were closed by the forrest service because there had been 6 accounts in one week of bear activity. The night before we arrived, one bear had actually gone into a tent with two little girls and taken the food out. to be fair to the bear, the girls didnt need the food anyway. No one was hurt but the Rangers were all over the place posting notices.
On the first waterfall we hiked to, we were talking about what we would do if we saw a bear and then looked down to see this ....
Thats bear Poo Poo.....and yes..... a bear really does #$% in the woods.......except they tend to do it on the trails.....
We hiked to two seperate falls. The first was a small one and not well traveled but it had a great little swimming hole at the bottom. The first 3 pictures show Bruno jumping off the rock into the water. Ice cold doesent even come close to describing how that water felt.
I didnt want to look like a chicken so climbed up also. But there no way I was jumping.
The second falls we went to were the Roaring Fork Falls. We both decided to climb all the way up about 150 to 200 feet. Its much steeper than it looks in the pictures. This climb was the highlight of the trip and we both are already about talking about going back before it gets too cold to do it.
This is the back porch on the cabin and also the view from the porch. I just cant say enough how nice it was up there. THe creek is literally only 10 feet off the porch so you have the sound of the water right there ! My coffee that morning as the sun was coming up just tasted excellent.
Clairs Cottage - Burnsville Nc
Ronda and went up to Brunsville in the mountains off the Blue Ridge Parkway. We had a nice little cottage on a lake. You know me.....I went fishing !
Also made a short drive up the parkway to visit Crabtree falls. It was about a one mile hike down the mountain to get to the bottom. Wasnt bad going down....but coming back up was a killer ! Plus we took the dogs on that little trek.
Also made a short drive up the parkway to visit Crabtree falls. It was about a one mile hike down the mountain to get to the bottom. Wasnt bad going down....but coming back up was a killer ! Plus we took the dogs on that little trek.
Fishing on Black Bayou
Back during Spring Break, Brandon and I drove Louisiana to visit my mother and do some fishing on the bayou !
Administrative note to all readers
I havent been able to download pictures in a while. As I make these entries, they arent in the right order for all the trips this summer.
Saint Louis !!!!
Ronda and I went to Saint Louis to visit Trix, Joe, Scooter and Gulliver. We had an awesome time there. We visited the Arch, Budweiser Brewery and the St Louis Zoo. Even managed to get to watch the St Louis Cardinals play baseball !
Just a couple of random photos
I meant to put this into the Fripp Entry ......
This is Brandon trying to catch a shark at Sunset on the tip of the island right up by the house we were staying in.
Ronda , Joe and Christine
This is Brandon trying to catch a shark at Sunset on the tip of the island right up by the house we were staying in.
Ronda , Joe and Christine
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