 |
 |
Summer
Warm days, cool nights, dazzling vistas
Summertime brings all the mountain adventures you expect from this part of North Carolina - whitewater rafting, hiking, horseback riding, tubing, gem mining, craft fairs, bluegrass music, festivals, and county fairs. And a welcome respite from summer heat! While your days can be spent playing all over these hills, back here at Timberwolf Creek, the temperature has made its lazy climb up toward 80 degrees, but never quite reaching it. Built as we are under old-growth forest, and into the cool stone of the mountain, we also live alongside nature's air conditioner: that creek! Springfed and a constant 40 degrees, with a soft steady breeze, it is the perfect answer to steamy summer days. And what a marvelous culmination of your fun-filled summer day, to spend a lazy evening watching the sun set behind the hills - wow, it got cool *fast* when the sun disappeared! Must be time for firelight and marshmallows. And here in these mountains, I was surprised to learn we live in a rain forest (not a tropical rain forest, but a rain forest nonetheless). I've had more fun learning about local flora and shade gardening and lilies - we have hundreds of lilies! Summer means flowers, and every bloom vies for your attention - come and see...
Click on any image for a larger view...
|
All pictures were taken by Larry & Sandee Wright and are protected by
Copyright.
These pictures were all taken here at Timberwolf Creek in Maggie Valley, a place of exceptional
beauty!
