{"id":1082,"date":"2013-10-31T23:37:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T03:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2013-11-01T00:04:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T04:04:50","slug":"rainbow-thurtleback-and-drift-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/rainbow-thurtleback-and-drift-falls\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow, Thurtleback and Drift Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Still waiting for my driver license, I decided to leave for three days and discover some new places South-West from Fletcher, not far away from South Carolina border.<\/p>\n<p>The first day, Justin et Heather joined me to share the boondocking spot I found and we went together discovering the Dawson Falls.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. Dirt road heading to Dawson Falls<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2222b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2222b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2222b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2222b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2222b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2222b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. VLV at sunrise, before the clouds arrived&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2214b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2214b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2214b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2214b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2214b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2214b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n3. Dawson Falls with a very poor light&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2237b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2237b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2237b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2237b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2237b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2237b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n4. Boondocking with Justin&rsquo;s Ambo in afternoon light<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2242b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2242b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2242b\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2242b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2242b-133x100.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2242b-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe next day, after a nice mountain bike ride with Justin, Heather and one of their friend, I continued alone. VivaLaVida had his first real 4WD time : two forest roads with very steep portions! Average speed : 2:30 to drive about 6 miles in 4WD and low range of course. Definitely uncrowed roads since I had to cut and remove three times dead trees Fallen accross the road.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe first road took me to three nice waterfalls on the Horspasture River I discovered in upstream order&#8230; The light wasn&rsquo;t really great but with patience, I managed to get some sun rays on each of them \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n5 &#038; 6. On the road, the Toxaway Falls<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2244b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2244b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2244b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2244b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2244b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2244b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2245b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2245b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2245b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2245b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2245b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2245b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n7. Saw cutting to allow VivaLaVida to go<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2313b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2313b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2313b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2313b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2313b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2313b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAxle crossing&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2332b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2332b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2332b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2332b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2332b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2332b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n9. Rainbow Falls<br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2246b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2246b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2246b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2246b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2246b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2246b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n10. Some hundreds of yards above, the Thurtleback Falls&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2260b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2260b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2260b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2260b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2260b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2260b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n11. Finally, at the top of the ravine, the Drift Falls<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2276b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2276b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2276b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2276b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2276b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2276b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n12. Mushrooms on the single&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2287b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2287b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2287b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2287b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2287b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2287b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThen I wanted to go to the Mill Creek Falls Janet &#038; Jonathan adviced me. So I continued the road but was stopped after two miles by a closed gate at the border between North Carolina and South Carolina! After a perilous turn (it was tight and the ravine was very steep&#8230;), I go back and stoped boondocking on the banks of the Horsepasture River, sure nobody would bother me there during the night&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n13. Nice boondocking spot in side of Horsepasture River<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2314b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2314b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2314b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2314b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2314b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2314b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n14. Camp fire&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2328b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2328b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2328b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2328b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2328b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC2328b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTo be continued in a next update&#8230; \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still waiting for my driver license, I decided to leave for three days and discover some new places South-West from Fletcher, not far away from South Carolina border. The first day, Justin et Heather joined me to share the boondocking spot I found and we went together discovering the Dawson<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/rainbow-thurtleback-and-drift-falls\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[986,76],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-en","tag-north-carolina-en","tag-waterfall-gen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1084,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/1084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}