Picture of Chimney Rock State Park
Caption: Chimney Rock
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Caption: I see the kind rolling hills of the smokies every day. Yet I secretly dream of the rugged rock spires of the west, that I first set eyes on this summer.
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Caption: We set out in search of waterfalls. We found, at first, only frustration and closed doors. Yet after a little time at the map we decided on "chimney rock" or "crowded place everyone goes to"
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Caption: We soon discovered why so many people flocked to chimney rock. As soon as you get out of your car you are greeted by the beautiful river. She begs to be swam and splashed as it passes.
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Caption: Just a touch and her cold hands will give you dreams of warm summer days to come.
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Caption: As we traversed up a valley with the peak of my dreams no where in sight we found beauty on the boulders.
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Caption: We came around a corner expecting another endless stream of stairs but to our delight and surprise a great western spire of rock shot out of the top of the mountain before us.
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Caption: The rock was coved like an ant hill with those who wish to finish the journey. But solitude could be found at the summit. We found our way up, though the savage wind and terrifying exposer.
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Caption: Go "take it all in." Feel the sunshine on your face, the wind pushing you over... "it's how you know you are alive"
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Caption: Chimney Rock 17 of January 2015. Words - Isaiah Dodson
Photos - 35mm Fuji 400
