On this Easter weekend, Ben and I decided to explore some of the North Carolina mountains. After perusing the State Parks website, we settled on heading to South Mountains State Park, approx. an hour northwest of Charlotte. South Mountains boasted beautiful green mountains and breathtaking waterfalls. And they weren't lying!
We hiked in to our campsite, about 1.5 miles straight up. Or at least it seemed that way. We dropped our stuff and went straight for the High Shoals Falls.
Here we are on the way up to the falls.
From our campsite, we had to hike down a little to see the waterfall, which involved SO MANY STAIRS! My legs were like jello!
But we made it and were able to see it right up close. Beautiful!
A little farther down, the waterfalls continued down the rocky river.
We headed back to camp and got things set up. Here's Ben 'trying out' our new hammock. It is so big and comfortable that we ended up sleeping in it all night, listening to the river right behind us. And the bugs didn't even bother us!
This morning, Ben built a giant fire...
... until we packed up camp and walked back down the mountain.
I love living just a few hours from the beach to the east and the mountains to the west. It was a great weekend trip!
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