So then yesterday one of my compatriots here loaned me her camera which she wasn't using anyway and had not taken a single picture.  I headed out with it to Chimney Rock State Park which is not far from Montreat.  It was hot and there were MANY steps to climb and sloping trails to walk, but it was worth it because the views were just incredible.  My motorcycle is one of the tiny little objects in the parking lot way below.

This is the famous Chimney Rock.  I was on it just a few minutes before this picture, and it really takes your breath away to be close to the edge.  Notice all the steps.  Thankfully, there's an elevator to take you most of the way up there.

The Devil's Head sits perched looking ready to fall at any moment.  It's sitting right at the edge of a precipace.

I know this doesn't look like much, but it's a waterfall that is very, very tall, and it falls over an enormous shelf of granite.  This picture is just a tiny part of it.