Saturday, November 20, 2021

Grassy Gap Trail


Andy, Bobby, and I took a hike last weekend on the Grassy Gap Trail in the North Carolina mountains. It was a beautiful day: warm and sunny. The leaves were stunning and the forest was serene. It was definitely a trail system that I would like to go back to as Grassy Gap splits off into at least three other trails - leading to miles and miles of potential hiking in a secluded and wild part of the mountains. I love it. It was goo






Andy and I walking on a flat hiking trail through the woods. Trees are to the left and right of us. Some of the trees had brilliantly colored leaves of yellow and red.

A bend in the flat hiking trail that is covered in fallen leaves. There are tall trees to the left of the trail and some small shrubbery to the right of the trail along with a river that runs parallel to the trail almost its entire length.

A cluster of tall trees on a hillside with a spotlight on a lone smaller tree with brilliantly colored red leaves.

A panoramic photo of the trail - tall tree trunks on the left and the river on the right. Max is the lone occupant of the trail happily jogging along by himself smelling all of the smells.

A view of a mountain from the trail. Color leaves and pine tree dot the mountain.

Another view of the tops of the trees taken from the trail. Camera is pointed above the heads of the hikers showing the canopy of trees above in various stages of shedding their leaves.

A magestic photo of max sitting lion style by the river while Dad, Andy, and I eat our lunch beside the river's edge.

A whimsical photo of the trail as it comes over a small hill. On the left and the right of the trail are tall trees. The sun is shining through them finding the open spaces where trees have shed their leaves. The sunlight pouring into the forest looks magical.

Andy and I walking on the trail with the forest to our left and right. A lone beam of sunlight is pouring onto the path illuminating the way.

Photo is focusing on a seed pod that has grown out of the tree like a tumor. It is large and unsightly.

A large tree trunk that must be hundreds and hundreds of years old. Definitely an old growth tree that has been left to rot.

Max, happy as a hippo, playing in the water looking at us as we stand beside the river's edge.

The brilliant yellow leaves of a low hanging tree on the path.

A part of the path where the leaves are all yellow and green - no reds or oranges to be found. The green and yellow contrast creates a stunning look.

A view of the tops of the trees.

Me and Andy sitting beside the river's edge having lunch.

Sign of the trailhead with its name on it.

Another random photo of the leaf covered trail.

Max in the center of the trail looking at the camera. He is panting, but living his best life.

Another view of the color forest and its leaves.

A view of the river where we stopped to eat lunch. The river is surrounded on both sides by inclines of woods.

More trail - more trees.

Andy and Max running down the center of the wooded trail playing together.

A stack of rocks piled neatly on top of one another. Made by human hands.


a ginormous tree with red and yellow leaves towering above all of its neighbors.

More trees...

A panoramic view of the trail with the red, brown, and yellow on the left from the trees and the shadowy river on the right as the sun set behind the mountain towering above the river.

Andy and Max hanging on the trail.

A close up shot of a colorful yellow tree. Its leaves are as bright as a lemon.

A farther view of the same tree described above.

A kaleidoscope of colorful leaves in the canopy of trees above us. Reds, greens, oranges, and yellows all on full display.

 


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