{"id":382,"date":"2011-05-19T21:15:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T02:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=382"},"modified":"2011-06-30T21:22:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-01T02:22:22","slug":"382","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=382","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a rough day of judging BBQ over in Sevierville, Tennessee we stopped at a couple easy waterfalls on the way back home.  Mingo Falls is located just outside the NC side of the Great Smoky Mountains NP on the Cherokee Reservation.  On the way you&#8217;ll pass the fantastic new school complex Cherokee has built.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-385\" style=\"width: 431px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_trail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-385\" title=\"mingo_trail\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_trail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_trail.jpg 431w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_trail-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trail to Mingo Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit of a stretch to call it a trail to Mingo Falls.  It&#8217;s basically a long staircase and then a very short walk to the cove in which the falls is located.  It could be strenuous if you&#8217;re as pregnant as Melanie is in the above picture though.  The falls is quite impressive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-384\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-384\" title=\"mingo_falls\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_falls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_falls.jpg 320w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/mingo_falls-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mingo Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just south of Soco Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway is Soco falls.  This is also is barely classified as a hike.  It&#8217;s a pull out on the east side of the road and a couple switchbacks down to some viewing platforms.  Soco Falls is actually two separate falls at right angles at a confluence.  This is the larger and easier to photograph.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-383\" style=\"width: 317px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/soco_falls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-383\" title=\"soco_falls\" src=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/soco_falls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/soco_falls.jpg 317w, http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/soco_falls-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soco Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a rough day of judging BBQ over in Sevierville, Tennessee we stopped at a couple easy waterfalls on the way back home. Mingo Falls is located just outside the NC side of the Great Smoky Mountains NP on the Cherokee Reservation. 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