I'm excited, it has been years since I've climbed Babel Tower. Today the Piedmont Hiking group led by Ben Harris, strolls around Linville Gorge and all around Babel Tower. It takes forever to get to the trailhead and then shuttle cars but now we're ready to go. Babel Tower trail is downhill into the gorge. We see some spent Wake Robins and a few almost spent Painted Trilliums. And some British Soldiers. The little tiny ones.
We spend about an hour roaming around the spires of Babel Tower, snapping photos and trying to not get blown off the tower by very high winds.
After lunch at the base of the tower, we walked along the Linville River toward Conley Cove. The trail was on the river at times and up a bit at times.
Just before the junction with Conley Cove Trail, we walked down to river at the Spence Ridge Trail and bridge across the river.
It was a nice climb out of the gorge and an interesting meal at Yanini's in Morganton.
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