Ron and I took a hike while the girls went to the Biltmore Estate for a tour. Ron and I were ‘Castled" out from all the cool places we saw in Europe. We chose Dupont as it was a very popular place. The drive was much longer than we had thought but an hour later we made it.
We got a map and headed off along the well traveled trail. We followed a route that took us to "High Falls". This was a very large falls that cascaded down a rock face. It was a whole creek of tumbling water. This fall was one of the three falls shown in the movie, "Last of the Mohicans". We headed back uphill and took a turn that led to a large shelter with picnic tables and a view of High Falls. We noticed a covered bridge above the falls and decided to go take a closer look.
TYhe bridge was built across the creek about 100 yards before the creek plummeted off the cliff. It was old but in good shape and very solid. We took a few photos before heading back.
Along the way we decided we had had enough hiking and tried to figure out how to get back to the lodge. It was a bit confusing as several trails kept intersecting ours. We asked one young family’s about the trail back and he said we were on a most difficult, long trail that went down to Triple Falls and suggested we not go that way. As we were growing tired anyway, we walked back along the trail with
him and headed for !
Ron and I make up about half a person anyway, so it was best we get out of the woods!
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