{"id":3151,"date":"2016-06-11T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lgmaps.org\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2016-06-19T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T21:13:27","slug":"clean-up-at-upper-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lgmaps.org\/?p=3151","title":{"rendered":"Clean-up at Upper Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best places to go swimming at Linville Gorge isn&#8217;t actually in the wilderness! \u00a0Nearby Upper Creek Falls is a relatively easy hike with beautiful swimming holes and sliding rocks. \u00a0It&#8217;s a great way to get that wilderness feel without the difficulty and danger of hiking down into the gorge. \u00a0Wilderness volunteers took a detour today to clean up trash at Upper Creek, knowing that\u00a0if more people enjoy Upper Creek then the recreational impact on Linville Gorge will be reduced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3156\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 940px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P6110016_1600x1200.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3156 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P6110016_1600x1200.jpg?resize=940%2C705\" alt=\"Clean-up at Upper Creek.\" width=\"940\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P6110016_1600x1200.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P6110016_1600x1200.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P6110016_1600x1200.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/P6110016_1600x1200.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ewwww! A rotten old sleeping bag!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3153\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 940px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160611_122218_1600x900.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3153 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160611_122218_1600x900.jpg?resize=940%2C529\" alt=\"Clean-up at Upper Creek.\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160611_122218_1600x900.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160611_122218_1600x900.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160611_122218_1600x900.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lgmaps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/20160611_122218_1600x900.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">This way to a clean swimming hole!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best places to go swimming at Linville Gorge isn&#8217;t actually in the wilderness! \u00a0Nearby Upper Creek Falls is a relatively easy hike with beautiful swimming holes and sliding rocks. \u00a0It&#8217;s a great way to get that wilderness &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgmaps.org\/?p=3151\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trail-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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