Visiting Cumberland Gap National Historic Park | Hiking the Pinnacle Overlook Trail | Camping in Campground | Hiking to White Rocks Peak | May 2024 The part of this road trip that we had been most looking forward to had arrived: we had made it to the mountains, and with that came cooler, less humid…
Brandywine, WV to Lancaster, PA | Moorefield, WV | Hawk Recreation Area | Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historic Park | Catoctin Mountain Park | October 2023 We now had 3 days left before Curtis’ next assignment, and thanks to a restful night and warm showers at Brandywine Lake Campground, we were refreshed and…
The Pines Campground, VA to Brandywine Lake Campground, WV | Falling Springs Falls | Reddish Knob | High Knob Fire Tower | October 2023 We left our campsite at the Pines Campground on October 1 and continued our drive North. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, the leaves were starting to turn, and…
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…
Hiking in the Cumberland Knob Recreation Area | The Blue Ridge Music Center | Camping at Rocky Knob Recreation Center | The Blue Ridge Parkway | September 2023 We left Doughton Park and followed the detours down and around all of the construction work, but once we were on the other side, it was smooth…