Portraits on Easter

Me & Craig (& Henry)



Craig, Rae, Brittany, Becky, Kennedy, and Jerald

 

Watch out for that treeeeeee....

So look at the tree on the right of this pic ...



And about three hours later, this happened. (It was a little windy that day.)



 

Jerald, Dad, & Craig supervise the egg coloring

 

Kennedy's first Easter

Coloring eggs
Brittany, Mom, Kennedy

 

Looking over the edge of Max Patch

You can see the Max Patch loop trail that goes around the bottom of the hill. 

Looking across the Appalachian Trail to the top of Max Patch

 

Me @ Max Patch

Max Patch is a bald, similar to the balds at Roan Mountain. The theory is that farmers cleared the trees and brush from the mountaintop to use the land for grazing. Now the forest service keeps the land mowed and trimmed; otherwise, the trees and shrubs would take over again. 

The Appalachian Trail runs across Max Patch

 

Looking out from Max Patch

Craig and I took a drive up to find Max Patch on Sunday. What a nice spot! I can't believe we've never heard of it before last month. We found Max Patch without too much trouble (although stopping in Hot Springs to pick up a map from the Pisgah Forest ranger station is highly recommended). Max Patch is about ten miles from Hot Springs, and about an hour's drive north of Asheville, N.C.