The cooling off places

 

Sliding rock is very popular near Brevard and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

And many people go to a beach for some summertime leisure.

Dry Falls, North Carolina. Going to the mountains in summertime has always been a nice change of pace for city-folks. This was probably taken before the railing was built (see below).

Walking behind the falls is slippery still, and there's now a rail fence to hopefully keep people safe.

Looking Glass Falls in summertime brings lots of tourists to play in the water around the rocks.

Flash flood at Looking Glass Falls. This photo is from last Mon. July 21 afternoon, when a young wader was stranded on the other side of the torrent and had to be rescued from the rapidly rising water. Rain upstream makes flash floods possible everywhere in the hilly places on this earth. 

Today's quote:

Sometimes people get the mistaken notion that spirituality is a separate department of life, the penthouse of existence. But rightly understood, it is a vital awareness that pervades all realms of our being.

BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST

Today's old photo:

In the Smoky Mountains National Park, young people climb on treacherous rocks above the Little River. My son is sitting in the middle of the photo with his friend Anna about to try to go lower, where I think her brother Tony is already at waterside. The current is swift, and they never went swimming there (that I remember.) I was obviously on the other side of the river with camera. No idea who the adult at the top might be. Tai was probably about 12, in 1991 or 2.

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Addendums from yesterday:

Joanna Macy being remembered by Emergence Magazine

Edward Hopper's birth anniversary

Considering Mary Magdalen