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An Easter Morning

Anything by William , 12 April 2009

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Descriptive tags: nature 

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It was Easter  morning, early.  The weather was cold which was good.  No one else in town was awake so I headed for Rocky Fork Preserve about 20 miles south of here along the North Carolina line.  I passed through the village of Flag Pond, Tennessee just short of the entrance to the preserve. A faded paper sign noted that the one store in the village would be closing at the end of April.  I parked my car three miles past the store and began to hike.  The stream up the mountain side offers a chance to reach the peak without too much trouble.  It was filled with the previous night's rainfall and was largely whitewater this morning.  I noted the many ferns by the trail and the colorful lichens on the fallen, decaying tree trunks.  Rocky Fork drains a mountain crevasse so I was surrounded by high cliffs and confronted numerous boulders.  This is one of the few places left where the native appalachian brook trout is surviving wild.  As I finished the hike beside the stream I wondered how any fish could live among the many waterfalls and the stony bedrock of Rocky Fork.
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  • Hello, you're really a novelist, you have a magnique style of description . Every living thing has its characteristics, so do not be surprised to see something in his environment...

    By trabelsi fouad, 19 July 2009

  • ...as if it was a travelling to the ancient times, because you even had to leave your car behind. In such a colourful word thee shouldn't be any machineries and devices - that's the place of thoughts... thoughts like butterflies or just spirits flying amongst ferns and diving into the waterfalls with fish. And then the naturally determined question like "how any fish could live among the many waterfalls and the stony bedrock" arises... Excellent pictures are described by words! Well done!

    By Anna , 17 April 2009

  • Nothing like a good hike in the forest in cool crisp air.....clears the mind and you fixate on the beauty of nature. Sounds like a wonderful place with the large boulders and waterfalls.

    By Geof Leigh, 16 April 2009

  • Sounds idyllic and, from what I remember, pretty well is. A perfect early Spring day in he mountains. Back in Scotland we used to fish for wild brownies on small hill streams. Great fun and beautiful, fighting fish. Probably put more back than we kept.

    By Iain & Janet Patience, 16 April 2009

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