I took this picture while hiking with Amy, Matt, Bear, Abner and Mary Anne Payne who was visiting from Sacramento for the second time since I moved here. If you click on it to view it full-size you can see Biltmore House in the distance right in the middle of the picture. This is a view from the Shut In Trail, part of the Mountains-To-Sea system that will eventually connect from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Nags Head in the Outer Banks. The picture below is Mary Anne posing in front of a profusely blooming Mountain Laurel.

These two shots are on the campus of the College of Charleston. The upper shot is of Mary Anne and her friend Jan Geiger posing in front of the Admissions Office. . .good luck ladies. The lower photo shows some old Charleston houses that are now part of the College. If memory serves, these particular ones are faculty offices now.