Hiking and Adventures with Brian and Sylvia
NCMA Park, Raleigh Brian, Sylvia and Fitz Roy are constantly on the lookout for new microadventures near our home in Raleigh, NC. “Microadventure is a term coined by Alistair Humphreys for “an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet still fun, exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding.” We also define a microadventure as a little adventure that prepares us […]
DuPont State Forest: Part II, Triple Falls **DISCLAIMER: While all of the waterfalls featured on Becauseitzthere can be safely hiked and enjoyed, be aware that there is GREAT RISK involved in venturing off trail near ANY of the waterfalls described here. We advise you to HIKE SAFELY. Please remember that you are responsible for your own safety on the trail. […]
DuPont State Forest Part 1 *We have added DuPont State Forest to the list of Best Hikes in the Southern Appalachians. This outstanding state park that featuring it is practically a waterfall week in itself!* **DISCLAIMER: While all of the waterfalls featured on Becauseitzthere can be safely hiked and enjoyed, be aware that there is GREAT RISK involved in venturing […]
From the Archives: Table Rock State Park South Carolina *For those of you returning to the site after our absence, welcome back! We hope you like our newly re-designed blog. Our site archivist recently delved into the depths of our dusty old file cabinet and recovered a treasure trove of pictures from past hikes. Here’s the first of them…Table Rock, […]
Winter Ramblings and Walks With Humans Sylvia, Brian and Fitz Roy are back from the holidays! We hope you enjoy the new look of the blog. Here’s some general pictures of our family ramblings and goings on around and since the holidays.
No matter where you are in the South, fall is a good time for wandering about. The best place for fall wandering is anyplace with a lot of trees where the leaves are currently changing. But at some point that describes almost everyplace in North Carolina. North Carolina is, by the way, the twelfth most heavily forested state in the […]
Fall Expedition: Beacon Heights and the Blue Ridge Parkway Sylvia and Brian can be found in the Blue Ridge Mountains virtually every fall, and have been since 2009. We have been trying to remember what year it was we saw the last fall color show worth mentioning. Best we can recollect it was probably 2015. We missed most of the […]
Snakes, Snake Safety, What You Should and Shouldn’t Be Worrying About Fall might seem like a strange time to be talking about snakes. However, just this past weekend we saw this on the trail during a routine walk at Forest Ridge Nature Park just a few miles from our home. In fact, Brian nearly stepped on it. Sylvia and Fitz […]
Fall is Officially Here and its Time to Hit the Trail! Fall is upon us. Of course, summer officially ended — and Fall arrived — on September 22nd. But here in the south, Fall don’t arrive tell it dang ole feels like fall out. Pp until the last few days, it hasn’t felt that way. Last week the thermometer hit […]
Brian and Fitz Roy Indulge In Some Male Bonding Adventures Recently Sylvia traveled back to Peru for a family visit. This left Brian and Fitz Roy alone to fend for themselves. Fortunately, obedience training has paid off handsomely. Brian has overcome his separation anxiety and is now much better able to handle such situations. This is the first time Brian, […]