Offered year-round, this new cowboy adventure takes riders through stunning backcountry terrain from the rugged Jocassee Gorges to the gently rolling hills of a Blue Ridge Mountain forest. During the fall foliage season, you'll be riding under a canopy of oranges, reds, purples and yellows, giving you a front row seat to the annual autumnal spectacle.

It was weeks before the peak of color when I signed up for the Horseback Waterfalls Tour with Rhett Leonard, a gregarious horseman with 20 years of equestrian experience. We met at his Rockin' Reverend Ranch in Pumpkintown, located 24 miles northwest of Greenville.

While Leonard loaded horses into his trailer, we enjoyed the vista from his 70-acre hilltop farm. Perched in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the ranch offers a spectacular view of both Table Rock and Caesars Head - the Upstate's most famous natural landmarks.

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