Sherri, Daina, Carley, Anna and I May 2, 2020 Today is the day. State parks open today and boy are they busy! We decided to do a very lightly traveled trail in a very busy place. Cesars Head State park. Unfortunately this lesser traveled trail is off a very popular parking area. Rainbow Falls Parking... Continue Reading →
Bushwhacking with Lisa
03/29/20 Lisa and I We haven't hiked together since November which means I haven't done anything crazy since then. I'm telling you people who think they want to hike with lisa, You DON'T!!! If you really do tell her to make it less than a 5 on a scale of 1-10. 🤣🤣🤦♀️ It's social distancing... Continue Reading →
Kayaking with Friends
3/14/20 Brandi, Cathy and I Headed up to Morrow Mountain State park to meet Brandi and Cathy. It's a cloudy day, we dropped in at the boat ramp and decided to head to the dam first. It wasn't windy, it wasn't busy so paddling on this lake was like gliding on glass. It's Lake Tillary... Continue Reading →
Social Distancing is right up a hikers alley
3/21/20 Mike and I and 2 dogs Life is hard enough without the added stress of the Corona Virus. In a million years I couldn't imagine having to close all the restaurants, most of the stores in my town where so many friends and neighbors are trying to eek out a living. Then to have... Continue Reading →
Daffodils Flats 2020
2/29/20 Sherri, Brandi, Cathy, Andi, Kristin and me Hiking is awesome. I love it and I crave it. I have what my kids call FOMO or fear of missing out. I'm envious when I miss a hike or if I see someone do a great hike I have to go. I did the hike to... Continue Reading →
Appalachian Trail to Big Bald
Sherri and I 2/22/20 Sherri picked this hike. I recently saw other hikers who have done this one in the snow. It looked like a good one. Turns out this is the one my husband wanted to backpack to and camp last summer. My scary storm experience on top of Roan Mountain prevented me from... Continue Reading →
Hospital Rock – Jones Gap
January 19, 2020 Sherri and I When we first started training for the make a wish 28.3 mile challenge we met a man who told us about hospital rock. He said it was a very tough trail. After all these years we decided to try it. I left from Clemson so we could have 2... Continue Reading →
The L.O.S.T Trail – Linville Gorge
12/28/19 Brandi, Christi, Andi, Jon and I This is a very fun and beautiful trail. It's actually not a trail anymore. It's a scrambler trail so you need a scrambler map to follow it or someone who's been there before. We met at the info cabin and then followed each other to Connolly Cove trailhead.... Continue Reading →
Mansion ruins in my own back yard
Jan 4, 2020 Sherri and me The Catawba River flows right down the north border of Rock Hill. It is dammed at Fort mill which is the end of Lake Wylie. Rock hill has spent a great deal of planning to capitalize on its great assets. This river is used by kayakers, fisherman and tubers.... Continue Reading →
Worley’s Cave Adventure
12/13/19 Nick, Jon, Brandi, Christi, Daina and I This cave is just outside of Johnson City Tennessee. I asked my youngest Daina if she wanted to go caving with me and she said yes. It was the day after her semester and finals ended. She probably would of said yes to anything about now! I... Continue Reading →