Jess on wooden walkway going towards Chimney Rock.
View of Chimney Rock from walkway.
Jess is now on Chimney Rock, and this is the view from there.
Another look at the view from Chimney Rock. It was overcast, and raining off and on that day.
Jess was more adventuresome, and hiked on over to the "Opera Box" on the next mountain.
Jess headed up the pathway that goes to nearby Hickory Nut Falls. As you can see, parts of it are rocky and steep.
The top of Hickory Nut Falls. It's a 404 drop from top to bottom. Too bad I don't have a wide angle lens! The falls in entirety is pretty impressive.
Here's the lower portion of the falls.
Jess standing on platform near the bottom of falls.
The bottom part of Hickory Nut Falls without anyone in the picture. J.
Jess couldn't rest until he got off the platform and clambered over the rocks to the bottom of the falls. Hang on to your hat, the falls stir up a breeze!
Okay, here's the only picture I'm putting up of me.. Jess just had to take one! I'm standing on a rock beside the path to the falls.