HAPPY HALLOWEEN (BAT CAVE, NC)

BAT CAVE is a very small town about 25 miles from Asheville.  I would love to live there, just so I could say I live in the Bat Cave!!

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 Besides a few homes and a really, really small

post office, this is the only thing I have ever found in Bat Cave.

This is a fun little gift shop and cider mill.

 These were some unusual things in the shop's parking lot.

 This is a beautiful Church in the area.

 And, there were some interesting houses.

 As I entered Chimney Rock Park, this gent greeted me!!

 And so did The White Rabbit!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!





LOOKING GLASS ROCK (Pisgah National Forest)

As I stated in yesterday's entry, Looking Glass Rock gets its name because when water flows over the cliffs, it creates a mirror-like effect when illuminated by the sun.  It gives viewers the impression that the cliffs are a looking glass.  To tell the truth, I really didn't see it; I just saw a big, plain rock!  I went back today - at a different time.  It's all about the sun.  The rock does illuminate and gives the appearance of being a looking glass when you see it at the right time of day.

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Here's the big rock (notice the Moon in the photo)!

These photos are taken from the Pisgah National Forest.

 See how shiny the water is when the sun hits it?

 It was really very pretty!

 I left the Pisgah Forest, and went up to the Blue Ridge

Parkway to see it from there (that's not me on the bike).

 You get an entirely different look from the Parkway.

 See how it looks like a looking glass?

(Okay, maybe I am just imagining that!)

 So, now I'm a believer that it does, in fact, look like a looking glass.

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST - AGAIN

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Another pretty day in the Forest.

 Looking Glass Falls

Barbara enjoying the view!

 Looking Glass Rock

gets its name because when water flows over the cliffs,

it creates a mirror-like effect when illuminated by the sun.

It gives viewers the impression that the cliffs are a Looking Glass.

I don't see any looking glass - but, that's what the sign said!

 Ending the day with a delicious ice cream cone from Dolly's!

WHITEWATER FALLS

Upper Whitewater Falls is the highest waterfall east of the Rockies, falling 411 feet!  For an excellent view of Whitewater Falls, there is a 1/4 mile walkway to the upper overlook.  The lower overlook with an even better view is at the bottom of a million steps (easier going down than coming up!). The only full views of the falls are from these two overlooks.

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The very best part of going to Whitewater Falls is that you

travel through Brevard - where they have white squirrels!

Today, there were a lot of the white squirrels scurrying around.

 This is the short, easy pathway to see Whitewater Falls.

 Beautiful views of the mountains.

 This is the stairway down to get a closer look at the Falls.

But, viewing it from the top seemed just as good to me.

WHITEWATER FALLS

 This is a magnificent waterfall, to say the least.

 Closer up.

I always forget that when I easily climb down 40 million

stairs, I must also climb back up them!

 This is a beautiful spot for a nice picnic lunch!

 Fantastic sunset over Asheville, NC