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 Falls.
 
 
1. Dirt road heading to Dawson Falls
 

 
 
2. VLV at sunrise, before the clouds arrived…
 

 
 
3. Dawson Falls with a very poor light…
 

 
 
4. Boondocking with Justin’s Ambo in afternoon light
 

 
 
The 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.
 
The first road took me to three nice waterfalls on the Horspasture River I discovered in upstream order… The light wasn’t really great but with patience, I managed to get some sun rays on each of them 😉
 
 
5 & 6. On the road, the Toxaway Falls
 

 
 

 
 
7. Saw cutting to allow VivaLaVida to go
 

 
 
Axle crossing…
 

 
 
9. Rainbow Falls
 
 
 
10. Some hundreds of yards above, the Thurtleback Falls…
 

 
 
11. Finally, at the top of the ravine, the Drift Falls
 

 
 
12. Mushrooms on the single…
 

 
 
Then I wanted to go to the Mill Creek Falls Janet & 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…), I go back and stoped boondocking on the banks of the Horsepasture River, sure nobody would bother me there during the night… 😉
 
 
13. Nice boondocking spot in side of Horsepasture River
 

 
 
14. Camp fire…
 

 
 
To be continued in a next update… 😀