Saturday, April 11, 2020

2020-04-05 Big Rock Mountain Hike

Big Rock Mountain Hike
Nine Times Preserve
Pickens County, SC
Sunday, April 5th, 2020

Big Rock Mountain Selfie with Dillon, Declan, and Blizzy

With the social distancing rules in effect, I decided to find a place that was still open for hiking and I would not likely encounter many other humans.   Apparently my buddy Dillon had the exact same idea.  He had arrived at the parking area less than a minute ahead of me!   We kept our greetings at least 6-feet apart.

I was super excited to lay eyes on Dillon's son Declan for the first time.  I probably should have just gone off on my own, but I just love photographing children and just could not resist documenting Declan's first climb up Big Rock Mountain!

Please Note:  I never made physical contact and kept my distance.  Many of these photos were taken using zoom lens technology and/or cropped.  And if there is any truth that sunlight kills the virus, we had plenty of that on the day!

Here are some of the photos from our adventure.
Dillon and Declan climbing Big Rock Mountain

Declan  (zoomed in and cropped - I practiced safe social distancing)

 view from Big Rock Mountain

View from Big Rock Mountain

Selfie with Dillon, Declan, and Blizzy

 Declan climbing Big Rock Mountain

Dillon giving Declan a hand up Big Rock Mountain

view from Big Rock Mountain

Dillon, Blizzy, and Declan

view from Big Rock Mountain

Declan checking out a Fissure Cave

view from Big Rock Mountain

Wild Daisies

view from Big Rock Mountain
 
Big Rock Mountain Selfie

 Not sure who this girl belong to, but I kept my distance

 Big Rock Mountain Panorama

Declan and Blizzy

At the Summit of Big Rock Mountain

Declan loving the Rocks!  - Just Like Daddy!

Dwarf Iris

 Blizzy checking out a "Dove Field"

Dogwood Bloom

Dogwood Bloom

Declan

Dillon and Declan

view from Big Rock Mountain


My complete set of photos is posted here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8146392@N05/albums/72157713841844608



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