Gently Down Joanna Mountain

The short slide show is composed of a few of the many photos taken during our time at the Mountain home with my parents and brother. Sis is still wrapping up her schooling out west. Here we see what it was like outside during Memorial Day weekend at Dupont State Forest.
For many years we did not have access to this land. It was recreation land for Dupont employees only. It later became held by a large developer of luxury homes. Before the homes were built, however, the State of North Carolina negotiated an important buyout. This was not a quick nor easy sequence of ownership...though an extremely valuable one.
It is a 5 minute, uphill and then downhill, drive from the Mountain home. Yes, there can be crowds now, not surprisingly, considering the views and adventures. They come from all over the East..especially on holidays. But...you can find solitude, as we did this day along the laurel paths and finally at Lake Dense where the breezes rolled gently down Joanna Mountain, cooling us as we lounged on the shady dock.