Dashboards and Saddlebags the Destination Magazine™ Issue 022 January 2013 | Page 20

Dupont Forrest
by Wally Wersching

L

ast Thursday was Ground Hog
Day. It was supposed to be in
the high 60’s in the afternoon so
I decided to take a ride to DuPont
Forest. It had been raining for the
past couple days so there should
be a lot of water in the Little River
going over the falls.

I left home about 8:30am in a dense
fog. If the ground hog came out in
Shelby, he’d never see his shadow.
As I headed west on Rt 74, the fog
got thinner and finally was gone
by the time I stopped at Hardee’s
in Forest City.
It had turned into a beautiful
morning with bright blue cloudless
skies. I knew it was going to be a
great day to hike around DuPont
Forest but first, I stopped in
Hendersonville to get some apple
strudel for Cindy.

I went back south on Main Street
and turned right on Caswell Street
which turns into Kanuga Road and
eventually into Crab Creek Road as
it gets close to the DuPont Forest
turnoff.
I turned left onto Dupont Road
which turns into Staton Road. I
followed it until I turned left into
the Buck Forest parking area. My
plan was to hike to High Falls and

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