My hiking adventures
9/1/18 Sherri and I This is a bucket list trail. We have been full of anticipation! We woke up bright and early no alarms. Ate some breakfast, Sherri made coffee on her Jet Boil, packed some snacks and headed off to the trail head. It was only about 40 minutes away. Today was a beautiful... Continue Reading →
8/31/18 Sherri and I We decided this weekend we would go to the Great Smokey National Park to hike. Since it's Labor Day all campsites in the park are booked so I found a nice older campground in Cherokee on the river called Wolf Campground. We left bright and early and had camp set up... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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. Â 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 →
6/23/18 Lisa, Ashley, Jolly and me. The girls got in about 11 last night. They are in the middle of working their rotations and really don't have that much free time so we let them sleep in just a little! Lisa and I had a big day hiking so I was happy to sleep in.... Continue Reading →
6/18/18 Lisa and I Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits - anonymous I have really been wanting to do this trail. When it came time a couple weeks ago I chickened out because I watched a you tube video about the hike. I decided this was the day. I can say I was nervous.... Continue Reading →
May 25, 18 Lisa and I Decided to leave at 6:30 am to go to find some waterfalls in Gorges state park. We decided to go to Upper Whitewater Falls first. We figured it was really kicking because of all the rain and it was! First we took a trail that went above the falls... Continue Reading →
Daina, Mike and I 5/12/18 It has been two weeks without a hike. Â I was just dying to get out on a trail. Â My daughter Daina wanted to go and was up for anything. Â Mike decided he wanted to go also but usually does not like elevation hikes. Â I suggested Panthertown Valley and he said... Continue Reading →
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