Hawk Recreation Area, WV to Raleigh, NC | Driving the Entire Skyline Drive Through Shenandoah National Park | Monticello, VA | Sailor’s Creek Battlefield, VA | August 2024 On Friday morning, we left Hawk Recreation Area to continue our drive to North Carolina. We now had 3 days to make the drive, and so in…
Spending 2 Weeks in Wilmington, NC | Driving from Wilmington, NC to the Blue Ridge Parkway | June 2024 We spent the first week and a half of June in Wilmington, NC. The first week was for Curtis to attend a conference, and the half-week was for training. We tried out a new hotel for…
Linville Gorge to Wilmington, NC | Hiking Upper Creek Falls | Hiking in Dunn’s Mountain Park | Camping in Uwharrie National Forest | June 2024 Our night camping in Linville Gorge wasn’t the most restful, mostly because of the unevenness of the ground — we couldn’t decide if it was psychological or if it was…
Rock Creek Recreation Area, TN to Linville Gorge, NC | Hiking to Linville Falls Overlook | Hiking Table Rock and the Chimneys from Spence Ridge | Camping in Linville Gorge Wilderness | May 2024 This morning, we packed up our site in Rock Creek and made the drive back up to the ridge, officially entering…
Hiking Scaly Mountain | Highlands, NC | Nantahala National Forest to Oconee National Forest, GA | February 2024 This morning, we packed up and set off for our last hike in the Appalachians for this trip. We had 2 days before Curtis needed to show up for his next assignment, which was about 6 hours…
A Day in Highlands, North Carolina | Dry Falls | Hiking Whiteside Mountain | February 2024 We started our day by driving out of the gorge and up to the small mountain town of Highlands, NC. Like many other places on this trip, we were surprised to find it was busier than expected, especially considering…