Fall Foliage in Western NC

[RedFeather]

Yes, but you guys in NZ have that beautiful landscape, if Lord of the Rings is anything to go by.  Didn't know how breath-taking your country is!

[CharlieDaTuna]

Although it was a bit chilly yesterday, Sherrie and I did take the bikes out and put about 75 miles on them running a lot of back roads. It's really starting to get pretty around here also. Sure hate to see the cold weather come though. :0  We'll probably ride up into the mountains next wekend. Not Tommt's mountain though....

[CharlieDaTuna]

Tommy... is that the creek that you go over after you turn off the main road to go up the hill or is that another one??? That sure is pretty but I didn't think it was that big. Sure is a pretty pic.

[TCups]

That is the "creek" you cross at the bottom of the property -- the head waters of the Green River.  It had been raining on Thursday and Friday.  The picture was taken on Saturday, hence, the water is up.  Another 12 miles to the east, and it is flowing through the Green River Gorge you cross on I-26 N before getting into Hendersonville.  The Green River Gorge is the first big valley to the northeast of the southern Appalachians'  eastern continental divide.  The waters flow into Lake Summit, then eventually into the Broad River, through Columbia, and ultimately, into the Cooper River near Charleston harbor, where the Cooper River and Ashley River come together to form the Atlantic Ocean.