Junior horitculturalists at South Toe garden workday

Fire Tower

The High Peaks Trail Association hosted an open house at the old Green Knob fire tower a couple of weekends ago. It was a beautiful day, and a steady stream of people made the short hike up from the Parkway.

The tower is a cool, Erector Set kind of structure with a wooden platform and a small building on top.

The building has been completely restored.

And the views are hard to beat. Because it was thoroughly vandalized when it was open all the time, it's generally closed now (unless you have good ninja skills). When the opportunity presents itself, it's worth taking the time for the visit.

Jacks of the Lantern

This is the amazing 2017 carved-pumpkin trilogy. Scott has learned ninja ways with a dremel tool and other tools to make these narrative sequences. This one grew out of his research into the origin of the name Celo, which has something to do with corn, but, unfortunately, I didn't get the whole story.

Here's small sample of the 100 or so carved pumpkins that were set up on the bridge. Thanks as always to Phillip and Beca Mitchell for creating and perpetuating this amazing annual event.

Celo Halloween Costume Winner

This is a screenshot from Sarah House's Facebook page.

Celo Halloween Hayride Timelapse

Thanks to Eric Witherspoon for this view of the Halloween fun!