Thanksgiving With Friends

The next best thing to being with family (mom, dad, grandma, cousins, brothers, … the “clan”) at Thanksgiving is spending time with cherished friends.  We have been closest of friends with the VanHooser family for well over 20 years now.   Almost each year for the past decade we’ve spent a holiday with them.  It is […]

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Schoolhouse Falls #2

Here is a straight-on view of Schoolhouse Falls, featuring my best bud Carl.  This was taken from a small beach where met a couple who had camped overnight.  I had forgotten how cold it was this morning until Carl mentioned this in his comments on the prior post.  Ambient temps were not quite at the […]

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Schoolhouse Falls @ Panthertown Valley #1

Panthertown Valley was one of my favorite finds in the Cashiers, NC area.  The valley contains a network of hiking trails that travel to a variety of popular destinations within a 6700 acre tract of high-elevation Forest Service land. At least 8 major waterfalls and countless smaller ones lie along the area’s streams.  It has […]

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Chattooga River at Old Iron Bridge

One of my favorite places on our recent NC trip was Old Iron Bridge off of Bull Pen Road.  Bull Pen is east of Cashiers 6-8 miles, then another 5 miles south down Bull Pen’s dusty, gravel road bed.  There are wonderful rocks and falls under the bridge.  Scaling the rocks for a good vantage […]

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Fall in North Carolina

This is my best bud Carl (left) and me.  We recently visited the Highlands and Cashiers areas of North Carolina to shoot streams and autumn colors.  Highlands and Cashiers are about an hour south of Asheville.  The area is a stunningly beautiful part of the state, lined with rolling hills and mountains and a wonderful […]

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