North Carolina - Plantation and Peppers

Kim suggested we kayak down a stretch of the Deep River since the water level was high enough and it was flowing well.  The day we planned to do that was another warm, dry day, a good day to cut hay and when conditions are right for cutting hay, a hay farmer has just got to cut 

so Kim left me in the hands of a guy who lives on her property and we headed off down the river for the three hour trip.  

A very different sort of paddle for me on this slow moving brown river, thick forests on either side, not a soul around.    

We returned to beautifully cut hay drying in the sun.

Creations of some of the denizens of this field prior to cutting.

Kim gave me a tour of the property and introduced me to the Palmer family who lived here in the early 19th century.

 

The slave's graves

 

Effing turtles