There are the occasional times when the Internet needs to be abandoned and one focuses on the surrounding beauty of nature. Ironically, I felt this was needed on Kate's Mountain in Greenbrier State Forest just outside the lovely little town of Lewisburg, despite the visit to the gorgeous Boulder Rockies the previous week or living in the beautiful Asheville Smoky's. However, I have soft spot for some very livable cabins in Greenbrier as well as great food and a variety of excellent shoppes in Lewisburg. For people who know me, mountain cabins do not necessary ring an authentic note. Seaside spa is closer to my type. However, there are times when escapism is needed, and I have the urge to sit on closed porches such as this with a great mug of tea and several books :)
As I mentioned in a previous post, hiking is recent interest of mine, and I managed another successful week of it with 10 miles under my belt up and all over Kate's Mountain. While the first picture was achieved by driving two hours down dirt roads in the forest, the following photos are representational of the huge number of shrooms and beautiful scenes a Fall walk offers.
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Now back to the grindstone, but in a much happier state with less interest in spending 14 hours a day in front a computer, especially with so many more waterfalls to explore near Asheville :)
