Pink Beds Loop, Transylvania County (8-24-12)
Read MoreNot sure I've hiked a trail with the variety of bridges that this one has...
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The final mile or so I passed a number of large clearings like this. I'm curious whether they are remants of the farms or clear-cuts from the Biltmore Forestry School days...
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This showy member of the Pea family was growing profusely along the edges of the old fields...havn't been able to ID it for certain...
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I found this old, rather beat up benchmark not far from the end of the loop. If I read it correctly it was placed in 1929 and is at a measured elevation of 3,271 feet...
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Passing another old field as raindrops begin to fall. Good thing I was almost done...
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A ghostly pair of mushrooms bursting forth from the pine needles...
Pisgah National ForestCradle of ForestryNational Historic SiteflorawildflowersmushroomssnakeshikeBrevardBlue Ridge ParkwayPisgahBiltmore SchoolMills RiverLooking Glass
A steady drizzle and rumblings in the distance meant I was quite happy to reach this point...the end. The beginning/end of the loop lies just to the other side of this grassy lawn...
Pisgah National ForestCradle of ForestryNational Historic SiteflorawildflowersmushroomssnakeshikeBrevardBlue Ridge ParkwayPisgahBiltmore SchoolMills RiverLooking Glass