Thursday, May 7, 2009

Ladies Beltane Night

Kate, Tasha and I ate dinner at Bacchus Bistro before ladies night at Taylor's cabin.  

Taylor made a fire for us.
We had a great time talking, singing, and drinking.  We made up a song about Marshall to the tune of Row Row Row your boat.

Kate is snuggled up with Stella, Tasha's new dog.  

Tasha is lighting her cigarette. 

Dupont State Park

A couple weekends ago the weather was perfect for some outdoor adventure.  So Bri and I headed south to Dupont State Park.  We found directions to 3 waterfalls within a mile of each other from ncwaterfalls.com, absolutely fantastic website for waterfall hunting.  They were about an hour and a half drive from Alexander and a mile trek from where we parked the car.  
Here Bri is standing infront of Triple Falls.  It was a steep hike but very worth it.

This is the middle waterfall of Triple Falls.  Bri makes me nervous with his daring gotta-get- closer spirit.

So cool.  At each tier of Triple Falls there were hug flat rocks that you could lay on.  I laid right next to the water which was very rapid and powerful and scary or exciting.  

This is High Falls, my favorite of the falls.  The other falls were short and not as impressive, Hooker Falls.  High Falls had an area where you could slide with the waterfall on the rock into the base.  Bri and I did that once, the water was really cold.  Standing close to the most powerful section was exhilarating.  Thats what Bri is doing in this pic. 


Aaahhhh....good day for the out of doors.