Blogs from Highlands, North Carolina, United States, North America

Western North Carolina has some of the steepest mountain valleys in the eastern US. The central part is a high mountain covered plateau. This area also gets quite a bit of rain. These factors combine to give this part of the state the highest density of waterfalls over a large area in the US. There are areas with a high number in a small region (such as Rickets Glen State Park in Pennsylvania) but none has as many over a wide area. Today, I explore many of them. My guidebook for this part of the trip was the waterfall lover’s bible: url=http://www.kadamsphoto.com/catalog/north-carolina-waterfalls-hiking-photography-guide-kevin-adams-p-32.htmlNorth Carolina Waterfalls by Kevin Adams. It has detailed descriptions and maps for hundreds of waterfalls. Since it had rai... read more

I believe that when I last left this blog, I mentioned looking for a job. I then tried my best not to dwell on that incredibly trying, painful, near-hopeless process, but alas, I have moved into the PT working world. I am still on the job search bandwagon and (slowly, slowly) striving to become a bona fide travel writer whose work can be seen in the newsstand section of the store in which I work. That is the big picture and main details that I’ll share right now, but 2010 is one of those “this is the year(s).” A networking group with which I enjoyed some writing/journalistic events has 2010 in its name; it has about died now that so many professionals and companies in our field are no more. Yet, I have an (small) income ... read more