A beautiful mountain lake in North Carolina is pretty much the perfect place for a picnic. Or a hike. Or just sitting around taking pictures of something.
It's summer, and a great time for the mountains. Ten degrees or so cooler than the rest of the state, they're bursting with green and trailing beautiful flowers everywhere.
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| Don't worry, Snowpuff, we're almost at the top! |
Then there's the hiking, which around there sometimes feels like scaling sheer surfaces for the fun of it. (Okay, most of the paths aren't really that steep. Just a few.) This happens to be how I like my hikes: a good adventure, of the sort that makes me and my adventuring party feel like we've collected XP.
I'm expecting to drop by the mountains sometime this summer. I want to rock-climbing up a mountain river, and ogle the scenery, and maybe watch the stars on a midnight picnic on the Blue Ridge Parkway with my friends. Can't wait--although I don't live there anymore, visiting the NC mountains always feels a bit like coming home.
Where's your "coming home" place? What do you love about it?
Being an island gal, I'm quite envious when I see photos with mountains as backdrops. Sometimes I get tired of the beach and yearn for something...more such as a hike to a gorgeous lake onlooking picturesque mountains.
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The beach is lovely, too... but I agree, the same setting all the time gets old. I hope you get a chance to visit the mountains soon!
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