Photos of Badin Lake & Morrow Mountain
Maty and I went to Badin Lake & Morrow Mountain Saturday. You should take a look at some of the photos (opens in new tab/window). I took 99, but only the better ones are posted. One of the highlights was a Great Blue Heron we saw at Badin Lake. Absolutely phenomenal to be able to get a few shots of him. In retrospect, I should have gotten a few photos of the gulls hanging around, if only for identification purposes.
There did not appear to be much to do at Badin Lake without a boat or a fishing pole. We had thought about having a picnic, but decided it probably wasn’t quite warm enough. That, and we had planned to bring a grill and meat, which wouldn’t have been allowed at the lakeside area. We tried to hit the Badin Museum, but it appeared to be closed. So we opted to head up to Morrow Mountain and see we could see. Morrow Mountain struck me as a great place to visit. I didn’t see any trail guides at the information booth at the entrance, but you can either go toward the river and campground or go up the mountain. Ironically, you can have a fire at Morrow Mountain (away from the river), but not down on Badin Lake (right on the water).
It was a bit of a challenge taking photos, as the wind was gusting strongly at points. I never thought a leaf could hurt until one dinged me in the ear. Before Maty could finish laughing at me, a gust lifted up her hair, just in time for a leaf to ding her ear, too. We made it to the car without getting blown off the mountain, and headed back to Charlotte.
The roughly 160-km (100 miles) trip from Charlotte to just East of Albemarle took us about 1.5 hours (+/-). It was mostly easy travel, across Hwy 24/27. I’d love to return to the lake one of those little kyak thingies and my camera. Overall, it’s a great day excursion from Charlotte – I suggest leaving @ 10-ish in the morning, and plan to retun by about 6-7 PM. Well, glad you stopped by! See you on the next adventure!