Where the water Runs Cold
by Darren Fisher
Title
Where the water Runs Cold
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A gorgeous and very relaxing piece I captured just below the Blue Ridge Parkway here in Virginia. Rock Castle Creek is a gorgeous place to capture the true beauty of nature and where one can relax and enjoy the sounds of water running along the foot hills of the beatuiful mountains. There is so much beauty you can capture in Patrick County VA you could spend several days and not see half of the country side. The Lower Rock Castle Creek Trail forms a 4.5-mile leg of the 11-mile loop called Rock Castle Gorge Trail (see �Rocky Knob/Rock Castle Gorge�). This trail follows a gated fire road alongside Rock Castle Creek. The term �Rock Castle� comes from the hexagonal shape of quartzite crystals found in the hollows, resembling castle towers. Surrounding the creek bottom is mixed deciduous forest, which house many nesting neotropical migrants. Listen and look for hooded, Kentucky, chestnut-sided, black-throated blue, black-throated green, and worm-eating warblers, as well as scarlet tanager, wood thrush, ovenbird, American redstart, and Acadian and great crested flycatchers. Louisiana waterthrush breed along the creek. Broad-winged hawk are known to nest within these woods, while wild turkey roam throughout this area. Creek beds are good places to spy on native brook trout (the lure for local anglers), but also a good place to hunt for salamanders. Northern dusky salamander is abundant, but several other species are likely to be present as well. Red fox, coyote, black bear, and bobcat make themselves at home in this area, but are usually elusive to visitors. Camping is available at this site only with a backcountry permit.
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August 6th, 2016
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