My hiking adventures
6/7/19 Sherri, Mary and I Cades Cove is an 11 mile loop in the Great Smokey Mountains. It's a very popular spot. Luckily it was Friday and it was a day with a huge threat of rain! This means less people!!!! When driving through if you see a big group of people out of there... Continue Reading →
4/22/19 Lisa and I Lisa decided to take a vacation day to go hiking with me. What a good friend! It wasn't hard to twist her arm though. We left at 7 am. With 2 choices of Balsam Grove or Shining Rock we headed toward Brevard NC. The first stop was Big Bearwallow Falls. We... Continue Reading →
4/4 -4/5/19 After work Thursday we jumped in the car and headed to Timm's Harley Davison in Anderson SC. It was bike night and Connor Christian and Southern Gothic were playing there. He played from 7-9. We used to go watch them play quite a bit. My fav song he does is November Rain by... Continue Reading →
3/24/19 Brandi, Christy, Michelle, Justin, jack and I I had a great adventure with old and new friends. A hiker named Michelle Saw this waterfall on Facebook and asked where it was. That person didn't respond but Jack offered to take her. Brandi saw it and joined. Christy and I jumped in. We met at... Continue Reading →
3/10/19 Sherri and I We decided on a hike in our area. This park is just about an hour from us and we haven't been here in a couple of years. It was raining most of the way but was supposed to be a nice day. It doesn't matter though, we are just happy to... Continue Reading →
3/2/19 Bunch of people. Brandi moved her hike up a week and it turned out to be a perfect day! It started out very foggy. I took this picture on Lake James just before meeting everyone. We met at a lady named Denise's house. She lived right near the end of the Linville River. The... Continue Reading →
2/8. -2/9 Mike and I After working Friday we jump in the car with a suitcase and camping stuff. No plan. We headed to the mountains and created a plan on the way. I wanted to go to Crabtree Falls off the Blue Ridge Parkway. The plan kept changing because of time but we ended... 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 →
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 →
My Outdoor life 