Lake Powhatan Recreation Area
Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
Thursday, May 21, we decided would be a CHILL day!! 
We tinkered around the campsite watching the birds and basil enjoy this beautiful day.
I am often asked why I have four pots of basil.
Well…
I am addicted to PESTO;o))
But only my homemade, oil-free version and it takes a lot of basil to make Pesto!!
Our beautiful day ended on a wonderful note.
David and Sharon, new full-timers,
arrived to visit for a couple of days on their way to the Reunion Rally!!
Thursday, May 22 was another beautiful day!!
We invited David and Sharon to join us on a return hike to Mt. Pisgah Summit.
Three days ago, we got Fog Out at the summit of Mt. Pisgah :o((
Today, it is clear as can be :o))
On the hike up, the birds were out and enjoying this spectacular day!!
This Black Eyed Junco is a new bird for me.
These two birds are “Whatevers!!”
I’ve tried to ID them, but just can’t nail it down.
If you know what they are, please leave me a comment!!
Halfway to the summit and it’s still clear and beautiful.
The flowers along the trail were beautiful :o))
We reached the summit and it was spectacular!!
At the summit, we met Don, Lois and Nelson, the groundhog;o))
Don works for the National Parks Conservation Association.
He was able to point out all the mountains and views we were looking at.
Looking Glass Rock
Asheville, NC
Smoky Mountain National Park
Mount Le Conte to the right and Clingman’s Dome in the center.
Don also volunteered to take our photo at the summit.
We are so glad we returned on a clear day….
It really is All About The Views!!!!
How lucky you were still around to enjoy a sunny day up at the top! FYI, I use a great website to help me identify birds: http://www.whatbird.com/. It's free, and can drill down by state, size, color etc. Not sure if you've seen it before.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful -- looks like a great hike!
ReplyDeleteAnother great hike. btw. I have a light blue collared hiking shirt just like Bill's.
ReplyDeleteI love a good hike in the mountains. Throw in a great view, then it becomes a great hike!
ReplyDeleteRoger has another matching hiking shirt as Bill? Imagine that...
Syl
Those are Picasso birds, they got into his paint and splashed all the different colors all over their feathers... :cD
ReplyDeleteDang you are good... Picasso birds, I should have know that!! Thanks for setting me straight:o))
DeleteWow what a great hike and beautiful pictures. Excellent decision to return and in such good company too. Those picasso birds are warblers is all I know. I'll try to look them up in my books but my internet is really limited at the moment. We had dark eyed juncos at the farm all the time. They are feisty little things.
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