It’s always nice to be able to get away to the NC (or VA) mountains for at least one weekend in the fall. Although the first day was very sunny – great for hiking but not so good for waterfall photography – we had some cloud cover on Sunday, so Eric wasn’t frustrated the whole time.

We visited a bunch of falls that we haven’t been to before, thanks to this wonderfully helpful waterfall map that I got Eric for his birthday this year.

The dogs enjoyed themselves as well!

lower falls on Upper Creek

a beautiful day for waterfall hiking

lower falls on Gragg Prong

Glen Marie Falls

waterfall on Anthony Creek

Anthony Creek Falls

Surprisingly, there weren’t a lot of unpaved roads on this trip, normally we are praying for pavement at some point!