Hiking to Frying Pan Lookout Tower | Blue Ridge Parkway | Pisgah National Forest | January 2024 Last year when we were staying in Asheville, we had wanted to hike Mount Pisgah, but because the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed miles before that trailhead, we ended up settling for another peak, Ferrin Knob. We hoped…
Hiking & Camping in Doughton Recreation Area | Blue Ridge Parkway | September 2023 After leaving Uwharrie National Forest, we got on the road headed West to the mountains, stopping once to pick up groceries for the week. We then continued on US-421, and breathed a sigh of relief as we turned on to the…
Road Trip to Wilmington, NC | Blue Ridge Parkway | Hiking in the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park | Francis Marion National Forest | September 2023 We awoke at the trailhead for Beauty Spot early, hoping to see a colorful sunrise…but found the area completely socked in with clouds. At least we didn’t put any…
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…
Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains Video | July 2016 I actually made an effort to record little videos from our trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and here is the result. I think the main reason it was so much easier for me to remember is because we were seeing so many waterfalls, and…
Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Day 3 || Featuring Lower Douglas Falls, Cowpens National Battlefield, Gaffney and Union, SC || Monday, July 4, 2016 On our third day of vacation we slept in a bit. We had plans for the day, but the majority of it was driving so we may as well get…