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…
Hiking & Camping in Hanging Rock State Park | Indianapolis, IN State Capitol Building | Driving from NC to IA days 2 & 3 | November 2022 We awoke in our tent in Hanging Rock State Park bright and early on Saturday morning, and immediately prepared to go for a hike. One of the incentives…
Driving to Wilmington, Days 2 & 3 | Shawnee National Forest to Wilmington, NC | Hiking & Camping in Cumberland Gap National Historic Site | November 2022 The second day of our road trip began with wind and rain, forcing us to forgo the plans we had for that morning and continue driving. The roads…
Virginia Trip 2021 | Day 8 | Appomattox Courthouse | New River Gorge National Park After leaving Spotsylvania Courthouse, we began heading Southwest via VA-208 West, US-522 to Powhatan, and US-60 West, trying to avoid traffic around Richmond. Our next stop for today was at Appomattox Courthouse National Historic Park, which wasn’t exactly on our…
Virginia Trip 2021 | Days 6 & 7 | Dahlgren, Fredericksburg, and Colonial Beach, VA As soon as we arrived in Dahlgren, it became apparent that we had simply too much planned for the short 2 days that we would be here. I briefly mentioned this at the end of our last post, but as…
Virginia Trip 2021 | Day 5 | WV to VA | Spruce Knob | Shenandoah National Park Day 5 of our Virginia trip was our 8th wedding anniversary, and it ended up being our favorite day of this vacation. We had to be in Dahlgren that night so that Curtis could be at work early…