Just a quick jaunt out to be sure the bike is happy & check some roads before the Deals Gap trip.

Lots of wildlife today.  Before I even got on my ride I found both of these:





Now, on to a few pics I shot.  Not many though, just a 100 miler and I forgot the Contour.

Abandoned Airfield on NC215.


Butterflies grabbing a sip of muddy mountain water:


Waterfall on NC215 right off the road.


More from same waterfall, just looking down from road.


A section of road in the middle of nowhere on NC281.


JM

Looks like you have a gret time there JM. 
That last picture, I can almost feel the sensation of riding on it: lean left, then right.. then left again ...

Nice one JM 

Sometimes your riding environment is another world from mine, but looks like you went for a ride in my neighbourhood this day coz those pics could've all come from my backyard (except for the giant tortoise).

Could be NH too...

except there are no frost heaves.

Ung - I've heard the Great Smoky Mountains (my area) is very similar to Australia's Blue Mountains area, your comments seem to confirm that.

FYI - for those not familiar with those prehistoric looking turtles, they're quite mean and their beak/jaws can break and even sever a finger.

dp - Yea, I don't miss the frost heaves, they sure can mess up a line!

JM