Visiting Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park | January 2023 Just South of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River rises the imposing mass that is known as Lookout Mountain. This mountain (which is actually more a plateau) was the centerpiece of all of our day trips while staying in Chattanooga, so it’s worth talking about at…
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…
Visiting Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site | Hiking in DuPont State Recreational Forest | Caesar’s Head State Park, South Carolina | January 2023 Our first morning in Asheville was a rainy one, so we slept in, took it easy, and went out to get groceries for the week. After that, we combined our lists…
New River Gorge National Park | Camping in Meadow Springs Campground | Hiking in Grandview | Grandview, WV to Wilmington, NC | January 2022 We woke up in our empty campground in New River Gorge to 50 degrees and a bright pink sunrise coming through the gorge. Just like last time we camped here, there…
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…
Guilford Courthouse NHS | Driving from NC to IA Day 1 | November 2022 On our last Friday in Wilmington, I texted Jess in the morning and indicated that there was a good chance that I would be done with class before noon. And while staying in a nice hotel on someone else’s dime was…