What a beautiful day for a hike! Pam, Ginie, Sally, and I decided to visit Eastatoe Falls, a privately owned and soon to be sold waterfall located near Rosman, NC. The present owner has graciously shared his land and waterfall with visitors for many years. No one is sure if the new owners will be so accommodating so we decided to visit now. We drove to the house, parked beside the road, and walked up their driveway towards the falls. As you will soon see from the upcoming photos of the signs, we could have driven right up to the falls! These people are so very welcoming. I’d like to think that I’d share like this if it belonged to me, but I don’t know if I could go this far... We were the only ones there today so we walked across the pasture and onto the path leading to the falls. The path soon narrowed... And there it was! Someone’s personal waterfall! After enjoying Eastatoe Falls, we headed out for our next destination— Dill Falls. We followed Pam’s directions and found the trail head where we parked and began the hike. It was another easy hike through a lovely wooded area. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed talking with each other as we hiked. Before long we came to Dills Falls. Have I mentioned how much we love waterfalls? We lingered a bit at the falls before we returned to the car. We had planned to visit Skinny Dip Falls on the Blue Ridge Parkway but the parking areas were jam-packed with cars and vans. Far too crowded to be enjoyable so we headed on down the Parkway to the Mount Pisgah Inn Restaurant. We had stopped there on our last outing but it was late in the day and was an hour wait so we didn’t stay. Today was still almost an hour wait but we had extra time so we decided to stay. We enjoyed the views and soon we were called to a table. Did I mention that all this loveliness could be seen from inside the restaurant? And speaking of loveliness— the food was wonderful, too. I had a chef’s salad with Parmesan Peppercorn dressing. It was worth the wait! I know I say it after almost every Girls Only Hike but today was perfect! Easy hikes, nice waterfalls, good conversation, and perfect weather! Ok Pam... get busy planning our next trip!
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