Land of Waterfalls

Wakeboarding on Lake Jocassee

For those who love the challenges of water sports, you won't be bored.

East Fork Balance

East Fork of the Pigeon River: One of the many crystal clear streams of WNC, flowing out of the Shining Rock Wilderness Area, this stream has a primitive trail leading along approximately 9 miles of it's course. Rainbow trout are happy here. A superb place to hike with your family and cool off on those hot summer days. You can always find a private swimming hole, if you don't mind really COLD water! Located off N.C. 276, just north of the Blue Ridge Parkway exit to Brevard.

Summer Mountain Fun

Lots of urban folks are moving here, and don't have a clue as to where to go with with their families or friends to have fun in the summertime. There is so much to do here outside, where mountains and rivers and streams and lakes and trails are so abundant. I'm a novice blogger, but I thought I'd try to post some photos to tickle your imagination. The Quality of Life is the #1 reason people across the nation continually rate the Asheville N.C. area as one of the top ten retirement/destination locations in America. Heres a few reasons why "they got it right".

Balance, what is it? When all the elements within your being are at rest upon this earth. When you're not falling and crashing. When you are poised and ready. When you are present and relaxed. When each part of your being supports the rest. When the mystery is visible and you enjoy it. When these stones from the East Fork are left to dry in warm summer sun, and you are a child again..playful and happy.

Cold Mountain from Mt. Pisgah

There is nothing more fascinating than light. Nothing on earth is less appreciated from my perspective. If you've ever had to wait out the night, huddled under a rock, shivering in the blackness of a mountain night, the coming of the sun is a heroic display of Gods provision for man. Stopping to appreciate something as simple as light--the colors it provides, the warmth--you can see the miracle of life itself could not exist without it. It is healing.