M was tasked to be the activity planner for this trip since CY was taking on the same task for the next big trip. Yes, this household is all about 'equality' and 'partnership'.
We spent the first day at Chimney Rock Park. It is a privately owned park south Asheville, NC. The highlights of this location is the Chimney Rock, a big rock (monolith) standing by itself due to errosion. It stands 315-ft and the views from there is breathtaking.
We spent all day hiking all the trails. The ones at the higher elevations, namely the Skyline-Cliff Trail Loop were quite rugged and it took us about 2 hours to make the loop. At the end of the Skyline Trail is the view of the upstream of the Hickory Nuts Waterfall on open rocks. Then we returned to the Chimney Rock on the Cliff Trails where the Last of the Mohicans was filmed (the chasing scene at the end of the film). The coolest but also the most tiring trail is the Outcropping Trail which actually consists of multiple short trails that are around and below the Chimney Rock such as Needles Eye, Subway and Spiral Stairs. These trails are mostly wooden steps running through the cracks of the rocks, either straigh up or down or encircling some cool rock formation. Along these trails, there are overlook points that offer nice panaromic views of the area and also interesting natural phenomenon. The easiest trail was the Hickory Nut Falls trail. At the end of the 30-minutes hike is the rewarding spectacular view of the Falls.
Half way between Asheville and Chimney Rock Park lies the Eastern Continental Divide. M is working towards a goal to take a picture of himself in front of every of these signs that he could possibly find.
There is more pictures at our multiply site: (somehow the link icon does not work - does anyone know how to insert a hot link?)
http://angcy.multiply.com/photos/album/4/June_2007_Asheville_NC_Chimney_Rock_Park
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