Visiting Fort Loudon State Historic Park | Vonore, TN | January 2023 At this point during our stay in Tellico Plains, we had gone South, South West, and East, and so we decided that it was well time to go North. I laid out a plan to visit a couple historic spots, and then to…
Asheville, NC to Tellico Plains, TN | Cherokee, NC Whispering Giant | Brasstown Bald | January 2023 After spending 5 full days in Asheville, it was time for us to move on. This also happened to be the day that a large snowstorm was coming across the mountains from Tennessee, and most of the high…
Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway | Hiking to Ferrin Knob | January 2023 From our previous trips through the Asheville area, as well as driving most of the Natchez Trace, we knew that the Blue Ridge Parkway was a wonderful means of getting around the mountains, if slower than the interstate. However, traveling in the…
Grand Rapids, MI to Sandstone, WV | Hopewell Culture National Historical Park | Camping in New River Gorge National Park | January 2023 In planning our trip back to Wilmington and North Carolina, we decided that we should maximize time with family, knowing we would probably have most of January to site see. So we…
Curtis in Wilmington, NC | Backpacking the Uwharrie Trail, Day 2 | December 2022 I woke up with the sun on my second day feeling fairly rested and much less sore than the night before. I had even slept better despite the continued irritation and discomfort I had from my poison ivy. Since I planned/had…
Curtis in Wilmington, NC | Backpacking the Uwharrie Trail, Day 1 | December 2022 Once we found out that Jess was going to be staying in Iowa and I would be returning to Wilmington for an additional few weeks of training, I set about planning things to do. If my first two weeks were anything…