Monday, November 2, 2009

Bridal Veil and Dry Falls

On our first day out in western NC it was rainy and overcast. We decided to drive to see a few waterfalls. Three of them were viewable only as you drove by and we didn't get any pictures...

Bridal veil falls is a waterfall that you can drive your car under and stand under for some photo oportunities.

Ironically, Dry Falls was a very wet hike for us. It was pouring down rain but we made the short hike to go under the falls. Dry falls (like Bridal Veil) allows you to stand under it and look out at the falls.

On our drive back to the cabin we were staying in we decided to use the GPS directions to get home (it was 15 minutes shorter than the roads we had taken to get to the falls)...

Well, we'll share our experience so others don't make the same mistake. Don't trust a GPS to get you around in Western NC, unless you drive a 4WD vehicle. We had driven about 8 miles down a 'road' that wasn't paved and snaked up one side of a mountain and down the other only to find a washed out portion only minutes from our destination. Joe waded into the stream to check the depth (MUCH too deep for a sedan), and we ended up turning around and driving another hour to get back to the cabin! The GPS failed us twice on our trip, the second time taking us to an underpass and telling us to turn left onto the highway above...

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