My hiking adventures
1/21/19 Lisa and I 7 miles It is cold! Our day started off at 16 degrees in Western NC. Lisa bought these buffs for us. 🤔 We headed west of Brevard in the Middle Prong/Shining Rock Wilderness of the Pisgah National Forest. All of these waterfalls were off Hwy 215 between Rosman and Canton NC.... Continue Reading →
1/19/19 Mike, Me, Cooper and Tucker (dogs) If you really look there are always great places to explore in your own back yard! Mike did the research and had us doing 4 hikes today in 4 different counties surrounding our home. It was a total of 8 miles. We loaded up the pups and headed... Continue Reading →
1/11/19 Lisa and I Heading back to the Gorge with no plan whatsoever. I was at Lisa's house at 6 am. She drove and we made a plan as we went. I wanted to do the Rock Trail. She wanted to do the Rock Jock loop but no way we had enough time. She said... Continue Reading →
1/5/19 Mike and I Friday we decided to take off early and head up to Jonas Ridge, NC. We found a B&B on Air B&B. It is called Alluring B&B. It was a horrible rainy and windy day. We made it to the B&B at 4pm check in time. It was a log cabin with... Continue Reading →
1/6/19 Sherri and I Sherri picked me up from the B&B at 10 am and we headed into Linville Falls. We decided to go to Conley Cove Trail. Neither of us had done this trail before. We were excited to be on a new trail and to get to the river. On the way we... Continue Reading →
12/29-12/30 2018 After Sherri and I finished the Boone Fork Trail we went towards Boone NC so I could meet up with Mike. He bought tickets to a house concert in Boone. These people booked a band called Folk Soul Revival and sold $20 tickets for their living room. They sold 53 tickets. We found... Continue Reading →
12/29/18 Sherri and I I read about this trail and we have been wanting to do this one. It's at Julian Price Park near Boone. This one is a 5 mile loop. It can start at the picnic area, lake overlook or the campground. The campground was closed but we parked there and got on... Continue Reading →
12/23/18 Brandi, Christy, Nick and I The last two weeks there has been lots of rain and snow in the Gorge. We weren't sure how the Ledge Trail was going to be. We met at the Spence Ridge parking area. It was about 40 degrees so I decided not to wear or bring my jacket... Continue Reading →
12/16/18 I am not the type to hike alone. I prefer with a friend or two or a small group. To mix it up I like some of these challenges. This year I have hiked so many miles. I have hiked 379 miles in NC, 25 miles in Virginia, 40 miles in Tennessee, 27 miles... Continue Reading →
12/1/18 Have you ever considered what it takes to make And maintain a trail through this beautiful country? Me neither, until recently. Someone had to put in the trail which is most likely made through a land trust or conservancy. It might have been a government grant but it took a lot of people to... Continue Reading →
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