A Brit in the US

Originally my plan had been to head to Chimney Rock State Park but looking at the weather maps for the day it seemed that the whole area would have complete cloud cover and rain with thunderstorms. My second choice was Table Rock but that had the same weather issue. An important part of the plan was to photograph autumn foliage though this year thus far has been fairly abysmal. It’s now November and though some leaves have turned yellow, others are still green with a few that are red. They say that “global warming” is behind this. I have my doubts about that link. So, on the morning I had planned to visit Chimney Rock, I set about looking on the State Parks map to see where I fancied going. Largely I was looking at photographs on the parks websites of anything that looked interesting to see. There are plenty parks to walk and to cycle but precious few with any outstanding natural features. Eventually I decided on Musgrove Mill as it was pretty close at about 80 miles away. Most of th

It being a lovely warm day and the start of a week devoid of the hassles of work, I'd arranged with the curvaceously delicious Lucinda to explore Table Rock. Thus, early in the morning just before Crack of dawn, perhaps we should call it Crack of Sharon, Lucinda's motorbike roared into the yard. Stepping off the throbbing beast between her never ending legs, she headed to my car and thus started the adventure. The drive up was not uneventful. There were as many bad drivers on the interstate as on the regular roads including those passing me as though I was standing still and those that tailgates me as I did 70mph! As usual, not once did a police car appear and apprehend the dangerous drivers. One must assume that the police that are laughably alleged to be patrolling the interstate looking for dangerous drivers are too busy patrolling donut and coffee shops. Isn't it strange that nobody ever robs a Krispy Kreme or a Dunkin Donuts? The most immediately apparent featur