The Cherohala Skyway
This is Shute Cove Overlook, Elevation here is 3549 ft. I think the temperature is around 70 degrees F, truly a wonderful day to be riding!
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I am trying to get a shot of the road across the gully
as it is about to wrap around the next ridge. Can you see the small car about to around the corner?
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If you cannot read the sign on the side of the road, it indicates the grade is 9%, pretty steep considering the sharpness of the corners. Imagine doing this in the dark... hehe. The road acted like a big reflecting surface when I took the picture, that is why it is so bright. Bright road, dark trees, a photographer's nightmare.
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For some reason I am having a hard time getting a good picture that will give someone a good idea of just what the roads are like in North Carolina. Here you can see the road snaking its way along the top of the ridge.
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I have no idea what kind of purple flowers these are, but they smell really good. I have to sit in the grass and kick back for a bit to take it all in.
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While I am kicked back relaxing, I keep hearing a peculiar buzzing. It is then that I realize there are Bumble Bees buzzing in and around the flowers. They seem to have little if any interest in me, likely because I don't smell real sweet at this point hehe.
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It seems that being the one taking most of the pictures, I am not getting in enough of the pictures. Shane decides to take this opportunity to rectify that situation.
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For someone that tries to pretend she is shy, Stephanie seems to come alive when she gets in front of a camera!
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