Waterfalls and humming birds.

Today started at Sliding Rock Waterfall, when I heard the first yells as people slid down the rock into the pool I thought maybe I should stay dry but when a guy not too much older than me went down the slide I gave in and dressed in an FOCC t-shirt went for it. The rock isn't as smooth as suggested and the pool at the bottom was as cold as expected but it was a refreshing start to a long waterfall bagging day.

The next stop was Moore Cove Falls just a three quarter mile walk from the road.

The lovely thing about this fall was you can go behind it just like Last of the Mohicans which was filmed in this area along with The Hunger Games.

Just down the road stop three,

which as you can see being next to the road makes it very popular.

That was Pisgah National Forest where I called in at the Ranger Station and saw my first ever humming birds, I was captivated and spent at least 30 minutes just watching them.
 When I surfaced I had a chat with another Ranger and I followed his very accurate directions to the Du Pont State Forest and Hooker Falls.

Just a half mile from there, mostly uphill obviously was Triple Falls.

The next stop was a further mile uphill to High Falls the most impressive of the lot. I did have Bridal Veil Falls penciled in but my poor old legs had had enough so we staggered back to the car park for the trip back to Asheville and prep for the move in the morning.