10JAN2012

Hooker Falls North Carolina.....The clouds just above the tree tops with intermittent rain showers the trek to Hooker falls is short and almost level the trail passes a few picnic sites and numerous wild trout release notifications but we saw nobody fishing, it's cold and turning nasty. This fall sits real close to many other falls all capable of being hiked to in one day. So... rainy, cold and a non-hiker with a pet my guide challenge is to get her to smile at what she has endured at the end of the day. We get to triple falls three quarters of the way up the hill and we must stop, breathing heavy now Linda is not happy looking at me but can't be mad...she standing in front of three beautiful waterfalls, we press on to High Falls. The trees now dripping from the rain we arrive at High Falls, the people we met at Hooker Falls come out of trees telling us of the streambed hike up to the top, they instruct us to the base of High Falls....we trek on. At the base of High Falls we are delighted by the shear volume of water and roar of the falls, but it's now three hundred feet strait uphill back to the trail. Escaping the canyon we reach the main trail....inhaler in hand Linda now is struggling we take a moment to gather our thoughts on what we have seen and look out at beautiful high falls which is now partially hidden from the low clouds. We start down the mountain to the car midway down the sky opens......

Thanks for all the great comments....have a nice day!

One image no HDR.

10JAN2012

Hooker Falls North Carolina.....The clouds just above the tree tops with intermittent rain showers the trek to Hooker falls is short and almost level the trail passes a few picnic sites and numerous wild trout release notifications but we saw nobody fishing, it's cold and turning nasty. This fall sits real close to many other falls all capable of being hiked to in one day. So... rainy, cold and a non-hiker with a pet my guide challenge is to get her to smile at what she has endured at the end of the day. We get to triple falls three quarters of the way up the hill and we must stop, breathing heavy now Linda is not happy looking at me but can't be mad...she standing in front of three beautiful waterfalls, we press on to High Falls. The trees now dripping from the rain we arrive at High Falls, the people we met at Hooker Falls come out of trees telling us of the streambed hike up to the top, they instruct us to the base of High Falls....we trek on. At the base of High Falls we are delighted by the shear volume of water and roar of the falls, but it's now three hundred feet strait uphill back to the trail. Escaping the canyon we reach the main trail....inhaler in hand Linda now is struggling we take a moment to gather our thoughts on what we have seen and look out at beautiful high falls which is now partially hidden from the low clouds. We start down the mountain to the car midway down the sky opens......

Thanks for all the great comments....have a nice day!

One image no HDR.