Driving Across West Virginia | Visiting New River Gorge National Park | Hiking the Long Trail to Summersville Lake | August 2026 Having completed our main goals for this roadtrip through the Appalachians, we allowed ourselves a slow morning at our campsite in Virginia, getting some work done before hitting the road again. At this…
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 to Jumping Off Rock on the Blue Ridge Parkway | Mount Jefferson State Recreation Area | Camping on Whitetop Mountain, VA | August 2026 We began this morning with packing up at our campsite in Doughton Recreation Area and driving Southwest on the Blue Ridge Parkway towards NC-16, where we planned to continue our…
Visiting Rendezvous Mountain State Park | Driving, Hiking, & Camping on the Blue Ridge Parkway | August 2026 This morning began with a thick layer of clouds obstructing all the mountains surrounding us, and again we didn’t know how much, if any, of our day would end up being rainy. We decided not to waste…
Thomas Dambo Troll in High Point, NC | Hiking in Stone Mountain State Park | August 2026 No matter how well our time in coastal North Carolina may have gone, the day we leave always comes with a sense of relief— especially as we make our way towards the Appalachians. Every time we get out…
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…