In the Western part of North Carolina is the Whitewater Falls. At 411 feet it’s one of the most beautiful.
Whitewater Falls, NC
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Golden hour
Sunset, Thailand, caught the light just at the right time as Ms. E was coming out the door…
1/60 sec, f4.0, ISO 320, 65mm…
Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive
We are in Virginia this week traveling along the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive.
From the South just West of Lynchburg, mile marker 65 is the Natural Bridge.
At mile marker 30 is Crabtree Falls, 2 mile hike round trip.
Down the road from Crabtree Falls the Appalachian Trail crosses the Tye River with a suspension bridge.
At the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway the road continues into the Shenandoah National Park and becomes the Skyline Drive. Just before you enter Skyline Drive, standing alone off the side road, an abandon Howard Johnson’s, sad kind-of…
Around Mile Marker 50 on the Skyline Drive is the Dark Hollow Falls, 4 mile hike round trip…
Fall is coming and the leaves are just starting to turn, one more week and it will be at it’s peak, i’ll try and capture some of that beauty if i can…
Zion
This week We are in the Zion National Park, Utah. A beautiful punishing place if you hike Angles Landing, not for the faint of heart…
Zion Lodge…
Our mission is to climb this beast… Angles Landing….
It’s not easy….
Most people stop here and go no further…
It took us 6 hours up and back, five people have fallen to their death in the past 10 years but if you go slow and steady it’s a piece of “well …. be careful” . A wonderful hike …
Next, westward to Valley of Fire in Nevada …
Charleston South Carolina
They call it the low country, what the demarcation line is i have no idea. I spent the weekend with some old friends in Charleston South Carolina, founded in 1670 this beautiful city on the east coast of the United States has the cultural scene covered along with the some of the best food around.
Arthur Ravenel Bridge leading into the city
St Michael’s
Waterfront Park
St. John…. A lot of churches 
St. Philips
Washington Park…. Ha! I’ll be there!!!!
Magnolias on E. Bay St. Upscale Southern food.
Courtesy of the TravelChannel
Widows Creek Waterfall
North Carolina has one of the most assemblages of waterfalls in the US. This week we hiked into the Stone Mountain park near Trap Hill to visit the Widows Creek Waterfall.
One month wait for this restaurant
Vivian and Ben Howard are James Beard award chefs from NY City. They left the big city and started a restaurant in the little farming town of Kinston, NC.
PBS picked up their story and they have an on-going weekly TV documentary called “A Chef’s Life”. The restaurant is a great success and it’s a one-month wait to get a reservation, we went this weekend and met the owners Vivian and Ben, it was exceptional. Their restaurant is called “Chef & The Farmer” and their web page and menu are here: chefandthefarmer.com .
Ben, Lee and Vivian…
Lane Angus Ribeye, asparagus, beef tallow hashbrown, spring onion vinaigrette – Wood Fired Flatbread, asparagus parmesan cream, roasted asparagus, arugula, caramelized onions – Country Ham Seared Mullet, beet vinegar sauce, shaved celery.
Kinston, NC
