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 →
Sherri and I 3/6/19 There are a few skills you need to be a good safe hiker. 1. How to read a map 2. How to follow directions. 3. All the right tools and equipment. 4. Know your left from your right. 5. Plenty of water. Well I have hiked over 500 hundred miles in... 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 →
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 →
2/1/19 Lisa and I 10 miles We are still chasing the first 100 waterfalls in NC in Kevin Adams Waterfall book while sprinkling in some on the next 100. I'm now at 60 (of the first 100) and I think Lisa has a bit more. I had to be back early so we left just... Continue Reading →
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 →
1/6/19 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 →
My Outdoor life 