More Hodgepodge Than You Can Shake a Stick at (part one)

Written by ceddammit

I have reached a point in my figurative camera roll where I didn’t go on any intensively photographed trips for quite a while. But that didn’t stop me taking a small number of photos at each of several places. So many places in fact, that I am dividing this hodgepodge of photographic locations across two ThrowBack Thursdays (TBT). This week’s half-podge begins at Tallulah Gorge State Park in northeast Georgia. I went to this park because it claims a series of six waterfalls along a one-mile stretch of the Tallulah River. I remember thoroughly enjoying it, and thinking I should come back during the autumn, but I don’t remember why I took only three pictures. Here they are:

Tallulah Gorge State Park, Tallulah Falls, Georgia (photographed April 2017)

Next up: the scenery at my house. The house I was renting in southwest Charlotte, that is. I had forgotten how nice the landlady kept that place. Now that I own a house (and a Bear), my home doesn’t look nearly this good:

Give me about a dozen more years and I’ll have a garden like this again.
These freaky purple plants fascinate me.
This thing looks semi-succulent.
Is there an insect subway station er sumthin’ in there?
The freaky purple plants are flowering…
…and the flowers are tiny and dainty.
I think these are some variety of morning glory. They grew on their own along my back fence.
A more “artsy” version of the previous photo

On June 29th, 2019 I was wandering around western North Carolina when I happened upon the town of Sylva. This town would be nothing out-of-the-ordinary, except that it has the most dramatically situated county courthouse I’ve ever encountered. Check it out:

Notice the “haint blue” paint on the ceiling.
War memorial for Confederate veterans
War memorial for World War One veterans
View of downtown Sylva from courthouse
Another view from the courthouse
Still another view from the courthouse
Full frontal courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse, Sylva, North Carolina (photographed June 2019)

Later that same day, I made my way once again to the Blue Ridge Parkway (BuRP). This was at the west end of the Parkway. I had been along this stretch of the BuRP once before, but at that time the fog was too dense to get any pictures. On this day, the weather was much more cooperative, as you can see here:

Cool, Eddy autographed the sign!
They don’t call ’em “Smoky” Mountains for nuthin’!
Moss and lichens growing on the trees
Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina (photographed June 2019)

To finish off this week’s TBT, we have Mingo Falls, which is near the west end of BuRP. Kinda between BuRP and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ‘Tis a decent waterfall. have a look:

Not sure what the puking raven is about
The “trail” to Mingo Falls is actually just 0.4 miles of stairs.
Mingo Falls
Mingo Falls, North Carolina (photographed June 2019)

That’s it, I’m done! For today, anyway. Come back next Thursday for another varied assortment of photos. This will likely include a couple of hydroelectric dams, a weekend in Boone, more of my former home, and another little piece of BuRP. Until then…don’t take any wooden nickels!

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