Last year during the drought, we went to the same place at Jocasse - looking for the waterfalls that are so talked about.
The closer we got, the more tree limbs and logs there were.
I have no idea how tall this particular waterfall is
but we lost sight of it after about 150 feet.
(I looked the info up and it is a tad over 200 feet tall).
There is also a couple of pretty big ones to the side of the main fall.
Along with a muscadine vine that would be great for some little ole bear...
These rocks are hu-mon-gus...
Here's the view after we got out of the kayak -
standing on a sandy area right at the base of the falls.
Three unhappy fishermen - they told us they were "not having any luck" that day. But boy, we sure did!
I'll post more photo's tomorrow.
We found so many beautiful things to look at.
Nature is so inspiring.
She knows it all.
My husband had the camera all day...
his view of things...
Can you see the loons in this picture?
(ha ha-not the one above this comment...it's the next one silly!)
We couldn't get too close to them without scaring them away.
The next pictures were taken at the camp site.
I noticed this wonderful fungal growth (or mushrooms?) on the side of a tree and had to take a picture of it.
Then I noticed the hole in the tree under it...
it had an acorn tucked inside of it!
Isn't that cool?!
This friendly fellow was creeping around the camp site...
trying to camouflage himself on the neighboring leaf...
I looked in Wikipedia but couldn't find an exact entry of this bug. If you know the name of it, please feel free to add a comment with it.
Oh, and sorry for the blurred picture...
We were camped beside a cute couple from Lexington SC, Johnathan and Shelise.
He is in the military and she is a dental hygienist.
They sat by the fire with us Saturday night into the wee hours of the morning, laughing and talking.
And graciously accepted our invitation to breakfast the next morning.
Isn't it great to meet and make friends every where you go?
Can you believe this picture! My husband and I went kayaking at Lake Jocasse this weekend and saw this awesome site along one of the banks there. Jocasse is a 7,500 acre man made lake in upstate SC. There is a ton of documentation about the area before the lake was made, as well as a book or two.
It was breath taking there! The leaves were just beginning to change their colors in the higher elevations but at the boat ramps they were a riot of bold, brassy colors. The red was so bright that it almost leapt from the leaves...hitting you in the face as you looked. Yellow, gold, red, orange, maroon, brown...so many beautiful colors were there.
The water level was up considerably from the last time that we were there, but over-all it is still lower than usual. Normally the water is documented at 300 feet deep...wow...no wonder the scuba divers love this place, but this weekend it was a little less than that...maybe down 8 to 18 feet...? Not sure but you can tell by looking at the water line on the shore it's down a good bit.
We did a little fishing one evening...not much luck there but my dh did manage to "catch" a lost fishing lure...man! Why is it that the ONE time you wish you had your camera, you left it back at the ranch, er camper?! My dabh (and and brave husband) (more likely darsh-dear and ridiculously silly husband) got down to his birthday suit (YES!) in the cold, cold water to retrieve a $4.00 fishing lure...FOUR DOLLARS...!
It was a very entertaining weekend people...
never a dull moment with the two of us together!
We camped there the weekend, in a very comfortable RV (thanks Terry & Sandra!) at the Devil's Fork State Park.
We slept under a queen sized quilt that I made from one of the BOM Thimbleberry patterns...the only bed size quilt I have ever made. Considering the temperature was down in to the lower 40's, the quilt came in handy...I'm just thankful we were in the RV and not a tent...I don't think that my hip/back could weather those conditions.
Have I ever mentioned that my husband is an AWESOME cook?
On Saturday, after a day long kayaking trip, we had thick & tender New York Strip steak cooked to perfection over the camp fire...almost like a blackened steak, it had crispy edges yet the inside was so tender that it just melted in your mouth. A heaping helping of steamed shrimp to go along with the steak, then add a steaming baked potato with sour cream & cheese, another luscious garden side salad. Wash it all down with a dry red wine and what do you have...?
Our camping dinner...
oh, desert...
blueberry cream pie ice cream...ymmmmm...
And I keep saying that the 5 pounds I gained came from the hormones that I started taking...
yeah, right.
