Land of Waterfalls in the Carolinas

Every single day my wanderlust draws me and my travel desires further and further away from home and abroad to places unknown to me and my family. Each trip I take is further away from home as well. Although I sit behind this work desk with the urge to just get up, get on a flight, and go overseas every single day, I do remind myself that some wanderlust can be fulfilled right here close to where I live without the need of a passport and foreign language skills. Living within the more mountainous part of South Carolina where we have foothills, I have the advantage of a short one hour drive to the state above where the real Appalachian mountains are. Prior to moving here in 2011, all I knew about was city blocks and beaches. But the great thing about this area is that there is a different kind of urge to be outdoors, at least for recreation. My girlfriend coming from Upstate New York grew up to this outdoor lifestyle with vast openness of hilly terrain far from the city where I grew up just a few hours south.

Hiking, is a new recreation for me because of her and is something I do truly enjoy. Given that I work 7 days a week, nothing beats time away from ‘life’ with the sounds and surroundings of nature. But another awesome reward as a result of some of these hikes that I was also introduced to is the sight of a waterfall, whether at the end of a long hike or simply driving into or to one. Transylvania and other regions in the western part of North Carolina as well as the mountainous norther border of South Carolina are areas notorious for beautiful waterfalls and overlooks and this is one reason why I am grateful to live in this region. Here are some beautiful waterfalls I’ve seen in this area of the Carolinas.