Brasstown Falls

This is another postcard I purchased (at Sunrift Adventures) yesterday afternoon while letterboxing.

Brasstown Falls is considered a hidden gem in Oconee County in South Carolina. Some hikers might consider it a drawback that each falls has to be viewed separately...Little Brasstown Falls, Brasstown Cascades, Brasstown Veil, Brasstown Sluice.  Pictured above is the Brasstown Veil and Brasstown Cascades.

The trail is steep and rocky, and supposedly it takes an hour or two to climb into and out of the gorge.  I'm not sure; I haven't been here, either!

Wildflowers

This is another postcard I purchased (at Sunrift Adventures) yesterday afternoon while letterboxing.

Oconee Station State Park is located near Walhalla, South Carolina.

The Oconee Station Falls (a.k.a. Station Cove Falls) trail is 7/10 mile on a wide, mostly flat, old logging road.  I guess at least some of these wildflowers (pictured above) can be seen along the trail?  I'm not sure; I haven't been to this park.

The wildflowers pictured above (from left to right, top to bottom) are:
     Bloodroot
     Canada Violet
     Sessile Bellwort
     Dwarf Iris
     Toadshade
     Foamflower
     Yellow Trillium
     Rue-Anemone

At the end of the trail, the Oconee Station Falls trickles over the edge of a 50-foot high ledge.

Of note, the park features several Revolutionary War-era structures.

Whitewater Falls

This is a postcard I purchased (at Sunrift Adventures) yesterday afternoon while letterboxing.

The Upper Whitewater Falls (pictured above) is located in North Carolina.  Some consider it to be the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains with a drop of 411 feet.

The Lower Whitewater Falls is located in South Carolina (about two miles downstream).  It drops another 400 feet.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

T received this postcard yesterday...from North Carolina.

The postcard shows Cape Hatteras National Seashore...a sunrise over the calm Atlantic Ocean with beach grasses and barrier dunes on Hatteras Island.

Gurleyville Gristmill

A woman from Connecticut contacted me recently to request a direct swap.  I received two postcards from her yesterday.

This second postcard shows images of the Gurleyville Gristmill, located in Mansfield, Connecticut.

Shown are:

• stone gristmill
• miller's house
• gristmill interior

The Gurleyville Gristmill is located on the Fenton River.  A gristmill was built on this site in 1750 (approximately).  It was replaced in 1835 (approximately) by the present gristmill (shown above) that operated until 1941.  The gristmill was constructed of stone and is the only stone mill of its kind in Connecticut.

The miller's house was the birthplace of Wilbur L. Cross in 1862.  He served as the governor of Connecticut from 1931-1939.

The gristmill interior shows the 19th century grain hopper and millstone hoist.

source:  Joshua's Trust

Glastonbury

A woman from Connecticut contacted me recently to request a direct swap.  I received two postcards from her yesterday.

This first postcard shows images of Glastonbury in 2002.

About Glastonbury:

• Glastonbury is a town located seven miles southeast of Hartford, Connecticut.
• Glastonbury was founded in 1693.
• The town was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England.
• The population of Glastonbury is 34,427 (2010 census).

source:  Wikipedia

Iwo Jima Memorial

T received this postcard from Texas.

The postcard shows the Iwo Jima Memorial in Harlingen, Texas.  The sender wrote that, in person, the monument is huge!

This information is printed on the back of the postcard:

Created and donated by sculptor Felix de Weldon to the Marine Military Academy in 1981, this is the original working model prepared by him for the casting of the bronze in Washington, D.C.  This world-famous piece of art stands as a symbol of heroism of all American fighting men and determination of free people the world over.

~A perfectly patriotic postcard for the 4th of July weekend!

British Isles

T also received this postcard...

from a special education teacher who lives in North Augusta, South Carolina.

The postcard shows a school room map of the British Isles.

The British Isles is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of continental Europe that consists of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and over six thousand smaller islands.  Two sovereign states are located on the islands:  Ireland (the Republic of Ireland) which covers five-sixths of the island of the same name, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom).

source:  Wikipedia