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