This was a field just north of Altamont, North Carolina (between Linville and Linville Falls), on US 221 before Hurricane Helene turned it into a mulch processing facility where tree debris and logs had been taken from area properties wanting to get rid of them. These very large black dump trucks were bringing loads of this debris into the facility and dropping it off where loaders would then take it and dump into onto piles, some of which were 20 to 30 feet high. One crew on the far end of the field was busy sorting and grinding the debris into mulch. I assume the larger material is being taken to a mill somewhere to be cut into lumber. This was located just across from the NC Forest Service Mountain Training Center.
These ducks in Asheville after a wonderful lunch at White Duck Taco were part of an excellent day just over a year ago. Visiting the Asheville area after Hurricane Helene several months earlier was a bit tough to take in some respects. Sharing time with others in the overshoot community is always a good time.
This is a mountainside just across from the rest area on US 74 between Balsam and Waynesville, North Carolina. I have posted about Balsam Mountain before here and here, and although it isn't very far away, it is different from Balsam, the town. Spring is a wonderful time of new beginnings; enjoy!
Amicalola Falls State Park was featured here before, but I had never stayed at the campground here before. As can be seen in the first post, this park is absolutely gorgeous. For anyone who likes waterfalls, the park is perfect and one can find plenty to do to keep themselves busy centering on the falls. Besides the falls (729 feet high!), the park also has a number of trails and other outdoor entertainment (zipline, anyone?). This is a smaller campground (24 sites) and there isn't a whole lot of privacy as these pictures show, but we still had a good time here.
