Hiking Mount Rogers, Virginia’s High Point | August 2026 We awoke this morning to a gorgeous sunrise near the summit of Whitetop Mountain, with pink skies and clouds filling the gaps between the lower peaks. It was hard to not want to linger here and enjoy the views, but we knew we had a big…
Hiking Grassy Knob | Driving from Carter’s Gap to Wilmington, NC | Camping in Uwharrie National Forest | August 2026 When we went to sleep at Carter’s Gap, we talked about how it might be fun to potentially get up and get an early start on our next hike to see a sunrise. Of course…
Hiking House Mountain | Hiking Roan High Knob and High Cliffs Mountain | Roan Mountain State Park & Carters Gap | July 2026 This morning began with breakfast at our camp spot along the Cumberland River, and then getting back on the road heading South. We crossed into Tennessee on I-75, driving a stretch of…
Driving from Pennsylvania to Michigan | Schuylkill River Trail | Mt. Pisgah County Park, PA | Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS | Fort Erie, ON | Driving Across Southern Ontario | April 2024 After almost 3 weeks in Pennsylvania and almost 3 months of non-stop work, the outage season was over and we were free to…
Mountain Lake to The Pines Campground, VA | Hiking to the Hanging Rock Firetower and Raptor Observatory | September 2023 After sleeping at the Appalachian Trail trailhead near Wind Rock, we spent most of our morning chatting with the trail angel, Step, and a South Bound through hiker. We traded stories about hiking, backpacking, and…
Radford, VA | Jefferson National Forest | Mountain Lake, VA | Hiking Bald Knob | Appalachian Trail | September 2023 After our night at Rocky Knob, we left the Parkway and started heading North to new counties, new towns, and new mountains. The mornings had been very overcast and this was no exception. Curtis had…