Dupont State Recreational Forest 23Aug21

We are in Transylvania Co of NC; this county has more waterfalls per sq mi than any spot in the US. And with the recent storm Fred we are assured they are all running hot. Today we let out for DuPont St Forest (pretentious name but whatever). The plan featured the most filmed and viewed falls in the country perhaps, Triple Falls, and it was awesome. The day was super hot and super muggy, as down-mountain NC can surely be in summer, but the mtns were usually less so, not today. We hiked to High Falls, Triple Falls, and Hooker Falls on very solid trails and among quite a few other patrons. The deadfall was obvious along the rivers but the trails were not wet or sketchy in anyway. I did get the honor of driving the Subie from the upper to lower parking lot when I offered the team a chance to have me pick them up at the lower lot... NP. The plan and hike and falls and family were awesome.

 

When in NC... we hit a great cafe I found on the way down to the local country club for an hour of pickleball in 100° and 100% water. Food was gr8 then Norsworthys thumped our mountain asses but we were still standing and they had some issues... another 8 games and we'd have had them where we want them. Post debacle, I encouraged the team to take a brewery tour in Brevard (yeah, the place with the killer music school, after Julliard and Berklee) while here. We hit Brevard Brewing for lagers and the new eastern hub for Oskar Blues! OB was not the opulence of SN yesterday but huge and a great vibe ~ reppin' CO like it should be. Awesome.

The day is not over but the team is down for naps.