I am taking this weekend off from church. I had originally thought about going to the Guilford homecoming, but decided not to go. Saturday we set off for the NC Zoo, but we got a really late start, and shifted plans at MP 111 and opted for South Mountains State Park instead. We had a nice picnic lunch and walked one of the shorter trails. Eli lost a tooth at lunch. Briggs managed to avoid getting wet in the river. We prevented Calvin from ingesting too many leaf bits. All in all a pretty good day. The place was pretty busy for a cool-ish fall day, but it was clear, so that brought out the hill folk and the urbanites as well. The main trail was nice and wide and paved for part of the way. There was a large clearing where several trails converged; the brothers were able to run around a bit. We hiked to High Shoals Falls, about a mile. It was an easy hike, with plenty of wooden bridges and steps in place. There were a couple of steep places, but all in all quite easy. The view at the falls was very nice. There were lots of campers, so the scent of charcoal fires was deliciously hanging in the air as we left. We're heading for the Zoo on Sunday.
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We followed interstate directional signs for the park and used NC Route 18. From Black Mountain one can exit onto Enola Road and take that until it intersects with OLD NC 18. Old 18 is pretty twisty, but that has its own inherent pleasure. I kind of liked that because of our connection with NC 10.
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