Day 2: Bryce Canyon *Located less than 90 minutes north of Zion National Park is much less visited Bryce Canyon National Park. Though less epic in scale than Zion, it is photogenically AT LEAST as pleasing and a worthy place to to visit all by itself. If you are visiting Zion anyway and have time, making the drive up to […]
Zion: A Canyon of Biblical Proportions
Day 1: Zion Canyon *Note that Brian and Sylvia made the pilgrimage to Zion Canyon some five years ago. During this time, Brian, then a man of a ‘certain age’, has become a man of a certain age plus five years. Therefore, a few minor dramatic liberties have been taken with the account that follows…IE, Brian has forgotten most of […]
North Carolina’s Wild South Mountains
South Mountain State Park, NC *We traveled to South Mountains State Park in the Spring of 2015. This was a sad time for Sylvia and I as my mother had just recently passed away after a long and difficult battle with heart and lung problems. Among many other things, the outdoors is a place we go to heal. **We have […]
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 […]
Countdown to the Alps!
***The Tour Du Mount Blanc is one of BecauseItzThere’s Bucket List hikes. It will be our headlining trip of 2018, and our fourth Bucket List trip completed as a team! The Alps is Three Months Away! ANY hiker worth his or her salt wants to take their game to the Alps. If I have to explain why…then you probably won’t understand […]
A Sharp Hike to Sharp Top Mountain
Sharp Top Mountain Hike, Virginia **We have added Sharp Top Mountain in the Peaks of Otter Recreation Area to our list of the Best Hikes in Virginia. If you can get this on a day when there’s no crowd, this is a good one. ? Located at Milepost 86 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Peaks of Otter Recreation Area […]
Hike to the cliffs of Looking Glass Rock, Brevard NC
Through the Looking Glass: Looking Glass Rock * Looking Glass Rock is one of Becauseitzthere’s Best Hikes in North Carolina. It is also a featured Best Hike Near Asheville (it is less than an hour away.) See our hikes page!* Having posted about John Rock, I though it only fitting to go back to the archives and get together a […]
Hanging Around at Hanging Rock
Hanging Rock State Park, NC **We have added Hanging Rock State Park to our list of the Best Hikes in the Carolinas. It is also a featured notable hike near Raleigh, Winston Salem, Greensboro and Charlotte NC. All things considered, it may be the best state park in North Carolina east of the Appalachians. Sylvia and I are just back […]
No Parking on the Mountain…Pilot Mountain Hike, NC
Pilot Mountain *We have added Pilot Mountain to our list of the Best Hikes in the Carolinas. If you have ever been to the fine City of Winston-Salem, NC or traveled on US Route 52 near the Mt. Airy area, then you can’t have missed Pilot Mountain, one of the most distinctive landmarks of the Carolinas. It is also visible from […]