In November, 2012, Betsy and I spent a couple of days in the mountains of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. One of the places we visited was Grandfather Mountain, not too far from Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
The day we visited Grandfather Mountain was beautiful, but cold. The cold didn’t bother us too much as we started up the mountain, stopping at the Sphinx, Split Rock and the Wildlife Habitat on the way. But by the time we reached the Mile High Swinging Bridge at the top, the wind was really blowing and it was cold, COLD, COLD! The weather had been mlld previously, so we weren’t prepared for the cold.
We made it across the bridge nevertheless, although for some reason there weren’t a lot of people around. After thawing out in the Visitor Center at the top, we headed back down the mountain for some warmer temperatures.
This slide show contains images taken that day during our visit to Grandfather Mountain. We’ve been back since, but the weather was milder at that time.
If you would like to see these and other images taken during our visit to Grandfather Mountain, along with a caption for each image, click HERE.
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