This is probably my favorite camp ground we've been to. As a review...its a small, woodsy campground outside Blue Ridge with roomy campsites, on a lake, close to touristy stuff and great hiking. We lucked into a great campsite and had a nice time in perfect fall weather.
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| Ethan is cold in anything under 70 degrees. |
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| Doesn't matter where we go, Zoe likes cutting up magazines. |
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| Used to think camp cooking was cool (still do, really). But hand's down, fast food is easier. |
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| Lake Blue Ridge |
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| King of the very small rock. |
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| We spend lots of time doing this. |
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| Wow! A picture of me! |
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| Looks just like his dad. |
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| I only threw this in because I love the look on her face. |
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| Beautiful campground. Fall color just getting started. |
On the recommendation of a friend we checked out Fall Branch Falls. Good choice for a hike for us! Its short, but steep enough to make it feel like a little challenge. Zoe did great walking. Lots of encouragement and treats, but she did it.
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| Obligatory sign picture. |
With Zoe, we are a bit limited on where we can go. If she won't walk, and the stroller won't go, we can get stuck in the woods until she feels like moving. If other people are with us, its easier because other people are way more interesting, and therefore motivating, than us. So when I saw a forest ranger, I asked him about trails that would accommodate a stroller. He pointed us to an abandoned campground on the other side of the lake. Such a perfect horror movie set up! So the next morning we checked it out, and the lingering fog completed the effect. It has obviously been abandoned a VERY long time. We could barely tell where camp sites had been. But it left a mile long paved loop through the woods by the lake.
Morganton Point closes for the season soon, but we had so much fun, and there's so much to do, I'm already mentally preparing to go back in the spring.
