My hiking adventures
8/17/18 - 8/18/18 Lisa and I This picture is at the end of day one. We found 9 waterfalls Friday and 3 on Saturday in Cashiers, Highlands and Franklin NC. Truthfully we put on a ton of miles in the car but did end up with 10 miles Friday and 5 miles Saturday. We left... Continue Reading →
Lisa and I 14 miles 8/6/18 We are on the hunt for Wintergreen Falls. It is in Gorges State Park. We have been here before and not been able to find what we are looking for. They have a couple of well defined trails the rest of the land is undeveloped. It's a shame because... Continue Reading →
August 4, 2018 Sherri and I This trail is near Chimney Rock NC. This trail is 3 miles long and goes to a grassy area near Little Bearwallow Mountain. It passes Little Bearwallow Falls. The trail dead ends 3 miles in. It will eventually go tot he top of Bearwallow Mountain (another 2 miles). The... Continue Reading →
There is a book by Kevin Adams called NC Waterfalls. He is a photographer and has photographed 500 waterfalls in NC. It has a page or two for each falls, with pictures, directions, height, length of trail and details of the hike. On his website he has a couple waterfall challenges. He has a 100... Continue Reading →
July 29th, 2018 Ashley, Daina, Riley (dog) and I It's been two weeks since I have hiked. I think I was having withdrawals. The girls agreed to go with me. In the waterfall challenge there are 5 waterfalls in the Shining Rock area. There are 2 at Graveyard Fields on the Blue Ridge Parkway. If... Continue Reading →
7/13/18 Lisa and I. Every time there is a hard hike, (which we now call VVS, very very strenuous) whether it is extremely technical or extremely steep the hike always seams to be my idea. 🤦♀️ We are in a 100 waterfall challenge put on by the Carolina Mountain Club. It has been around since... Continue Reading →
7/7-7/8 Daina Mike Me 3 dogs Last minute decision to go somewhere during our 5 day Staycation. We have seen this campground in Long creek SC advertised on facebook. We decided to give it a try and do some waterfalls on Sunday. We called Daina and she was game. We picked her up in Clemson... Continue Reading →
6/30/18 - 7/1/18 Sherri, Mary and I Going backpacking has been all Sherri's idea. Sleeping in the woods scares me. I was on board as long as it was a future event! Turns out it was a very cool experience! I really enjoyed it! I bought my pack months ago and just took it out... Continue Reading →
6/24/18 Lisa, Ashley, Jolly and I ALL ROADS LEAD TO WATERFALLS - me This is the last 2 hikes from our Georgia weekend. It's was a great weekend in our cabin. The road home goes right through Oconee County SC so what are we going to do? Yep, hit a few waterfalls on our waterfall... Continue Reading →
6/23/18 Lisa, Ashley, Jolly and me. Raven Cliff Falls to Amicalola Falls was another hour away. All back roads on curvy mountain roads. I almost turned around but how often do you get to go to one of Georgia's tallest waterfalls? It is also the most southernmost point of the Appalachian Trail. It is also... Continue Reading →
My Outdoor life 