10/24/2026
Fall has arrived at Spring Creek Preserve. 🍂
This week I was out walking our trail system, making sure everything is in great shape for our guests. Along one of the best stretches, the trail built by trail-building legend Chris Shrimper Khare , I stopped in my tracks. Overhead, a basswood (or maybe a sugar maple, we’re still debating 😉) had turned pure gold, its leaves glowing like honey against a perfect blue mountain sky.
No music for this one. Just a quiet moment of nature, exactly as we found it.
With 5.5 miles of private hiking trails right outside your door, moments like this are waiting around every bend.
Come find yours.
📍 Hot Springs, NC
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