19 June 2017
Last night, Greensboro was the recipient of a tremendous thunderstorm. I finally drifted off to sleep around 1 am and got up around 5:30 am, packed and met Jimmie and Stephen downstairs for breakfast.
I left first and they followed about an hour later in their car – destination Linville Falls. They are staying in a quaint lodge near the falls and I’m staying at the Linville Falls campground just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. My main concern was getting the tent set up before the 80% chance of rain set in.
I pulled into the camping area around 1 pm, set up the tent (10 minutes) and headed out to Linville Falls Lodge to pick Jimmie and Stephen up.
They were walking out the door to come find me (no cell reception) and it was pure luck I got there before they left. They are about a mile and a half from where I am located just of NC 226. We piled in the jeep and headed out.
Stephen had consulted with the owners of the lodge and found if we headed north from the lodge, we would come to a gravel road which would lead to the falls. Four miles further on the road and we would come to an overlook of the falls. As we were heading to the falls, it began to rain, so we decided to do the overlook first and if the rain quit, do the falls hike. The road was definitely unsaved, gravel in some places, boulders embedded in the road in other places and some mud.
You really couldn’t see the falls from the overlook but you had a spectacular view of Linville Gorge.
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It was an easy walk, paved all the way and with handicapped access. It rained on us for most of the way and really poured on us on the way back. We got the jeep going over the road again and stopped at the Linville Falls access (more gravel).
After our soaking, Jimmie and I decided to hike to the falls. As you begin the 0.4 mile trip (more like 0.6 according to Jimmie’s odometer) you start a serious drop in the trail. It started raining as we started down. I had left Stephen the key fob so he was in good shape back at the car. In the back of your mind is the trip back up. We persevered and eventually the trail leveled out at the falls. We did the usual tourist photos and began the hike back up. It began to rain again, but eventually tapered off.
The falls are split into two major runs at the same level and a smaller, center run. The forest service has done a nice job of providing steps, stone retaining walls, and overlook points.
We returned to the lodge and eventually had a very nice dinner at their restaurant. It seems tourist season is not in full swing yet. The lodge was not full re are numerous spaces in the camp.
Tomorrow, I meet them for breakfast and we head north on the Blue Ridge for more short hikes, sightseeing and shopping. Temperature night is expected to dip to 59 F. Cellular reception is iffy.
