Two Miles of Wow…The Best of the Linville Gorge Wilderness, Continued

Part II: The Chimneys, Linville Gorge Wilderness, NC *Along with Table Rock, we have added the nearby Chimney’s to our list of Best Hikes in The Southern Appalachians and Carolinas…and with an exclamation point! Both can be regarded as a single hike…Making for two solid miles of WOW! We just can’t say enough about the hiking around the Linville Gorge! […]

Warning: Adventures in the Making!

We’re still getting ready for the Tour du Mont Blanc in July. So we’re busy training and looking for spots to test ourselves against the mountains, to prepare our minds and bodies for the trails to come. Last week we found a GREAT Place. This week we hope to find another. The Linville Gorge in the Pisgah National Forest may […]

Forest Ridge Park in Wake County Opens

Forest Ridge Park is Wake County’s newest! Located in the extreme Northern Corner of Raleigh, near the Wake County Line, is the new Forest Ridge Park. We think it may become on of the best places to hike in the Triangle area. Though it is a multi-use park, most of this new recreational area is preserved in its natural wooded […]

Beat the Crowds to Crowders Mountain

Crowders Mountain State Park, NC **We originally hiked Crowders Mountain State Park in 2012, and this trip draws heavily from that visit…so if you see some fashion styles that appear ‘so yesterday’, this explains it. **We have added Crowder’s Mountain to our list of Best Hikes in the Carolinas. It’s got some very fine trails if you can find a […]

The Roof of the Smokies…The Gregory Ridge Trail

The Gregory Ridge Trail, Great Smoky Mountain National Park *One of the Best Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains is the Gregory Ridge Trail **We have added Gregory Bald to our list of the Best Hikes in the Southern Appalachians. It’s a fine trail well worth doing IF you can make the logistics work…this is one trail where getting there […]

Hummingbirds 101: The Basics of Backyard Birding

It’s a Fact, Hummingbirds are Cool **We’re getting ready to put out Hummingbird Feeder out for the spring…we expect to see the first bird in the next week or two. It has me thinking of birds, which means…I thought I’d perch on a different branch for this post…** BecauseItzThere is almost entirely a hiking blog, but sometimes we’ll indulge in […]