Montreat Campground - Part Three

 Near Flat Creek, on one site, I saw this deadwood.  So I looked up to see where it might have come from...and there many feet above my head was the top of this spruce missing it's tip.  The winter storms blew pretty hard this year.  And as it came down it knocked over other parts of trees as well.

There were too many leaves and twigs piled beside the creek for me to climb down to get my feet wet this time.

Quote for the day:

We all know the feeling of being repeatedly haunted by the same issue, no matter how we try to ignore it, avoid it, or run away from it. Sometimes it seems that we can get rid of something we don’t want by simply pushing it away. Most of the time, the more we push away, the more we get pushed back. There are laws of physics and metaphysics that explain this phenomenon, which is often summed up in this pithy phrase: That which you resist persists.

Montreat Campground - Part Two

The campgrounds hadn't opened yet when I visited, but they've already hung the planters.

Nice bulletin board showing comments and photos of the process of making the campgrounds.  It is well done and very inviting.

Thought for the day:

The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life. Through a difficult period you can learn; you can develop inner strength, determination, and courage to face the problems.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

 

Montreat Campground - Part One

Before you arrive at the turnoff to the campground, basically crossing a bridge over Flat Creek, there's a spot where you can see the foundation for an old building, or perhaps bridge.

A private campground.  I wish I could have found one as lovely back in the days I was camping for months on end.  (Did it twice, once on the road in 75, and once  in 79...and fortunately had a camper van for both occasions.)

Half the sites are on the water, and half across the road in trees.

Quote for the day:

Eternal Spirit -- Earth-Maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver; source of all that is and that shall be; Father and Mother of us all. Loving God, in whom is heaven. The hallowing of your name echoes through the universe!

The New Zealand Prayer Book