natural beauty
So if I was not at the gunblogging event of... at least the year, then where was I? Well, Better Half and I took something of a short vacation up in the hills of Western North Carolina with her parental units and sister. We rented a nice little three-bedroom cabin on the side of a "mountain" (the locals call them that, but I still abide by the Pacific Northwest definition of a mountain - it has to have no trees at the top, and snow on some portion of it year 'round), and then enjoyed ourselves by poking around the area. Our first and primary stop of the visit was Chimney Rock Park, which is, indeed, something to behold. Unfortunately, the section of the park where Last of the Mohicans was filmed was closed for maintenance... the park was just bought out by the state, so they probably have to get everything up to their standards. Otherwise, we explored a few little towns in the area, picked a metric tonne of apples at a pick-your-own farm (in reality, it was only about 2.5 bushels, but if you have never picked that many before yourself, that is a lot of apples), and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Anywise, below are some pictures I took during the weekend... click to enlarge, though, be aware - the larger files are a bit big.
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Wow, what a stunning vista! Without the clouds and contrast that rain provides like that, we're having a rather dull and dry-air summer.
Yeah, it was pretty amazing up there. Unfortunately my intense and somewhat acute fear of heights soured it slightly, but it was still one hell of a view.
And, trust me, the spin-off from Fey we have received thus far has been a definite benefit, for just about everyone involved. The lakes we crossed over to get to Chimney Rock had to be down at least 10-20 feet.