Crossing the Broad River
Columbia Canal Diversion Dam
Path along the Columbia Canal
View of downtown from Finlay Park
South Carolina statehouse
Linky Stone Park
Reedy River waterfront
Falls Park
Falls Park
Falls Park
Cancer Survivors Park
Lake Conestee Nature Preserve
Lake Conestee Nature Preserve
The drizzle clears just in time for a snack in Rosman, NC
We took yet another interlude before the final portion of our bike trip (biking from Sylva to Charleston to finish the official "cross-country" trip). Among the activities during the break was a one-night backpacking trip in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We hiked from Abrams Creek campground to Gregory Bald, met the Appalachian Trail at Doe Knob, and continued along the AT to Fontana Dam, visiting the Shuckstack Fire Tower along the way.
Gregory Bald
Gregory Bald
Bumblebee climbing deep inside gentians
Salamander
Climbing up Shuckstack
View from Shuckstack Fire Tower
Fontana Dam, once we reached the trailhead and finished retrieving the car parked at Abrams Creek
Back in western North Carolina, biking from Asheville to Sylva after dropping off our rental car, and seeing some good Halloween decorations in Waynesville, NC