Did I kill mom? June 19, 2015June 9, 2015Parks 1 I woke up early at the Holiday Inn so we could all get an early start. My mom and our family friend, Mary, [...]
Meeting mom June 17, 2015June 8, 2015Parks Comment I’ve decided that Damascus has some strange energy zapping ability. Even though the terrain wasn’t tough, I could barely make it up the [...]
Trail Days June 15, 2015June 8, 2015Parks Comment Trail Days was huge fun and nice to have a vacation from constant hiking. On my last day of hiking before hand I [...]
Onward to Damascus (Again)! June 13, 2015November 2, 2015Parks Comment I hit the trail early in the morning. The climb out of Jenkins shelter was a bit rough, but once up on the [...]
Hot and Dry June 11, 2015November 2, 2015Parks Comment I waited around in the morning for the town shuttle. It was packed with hikers that had stayed. It was pretty hot that [...]
Time to eat! June 9, 2015November 2, 2015Parks 4 I packed up camp and set off for the day. Of course, as usually happens, I found a better campsite only a short [...]
Wild animals June 7, 2015October 31, 2015Parks Comment It was hard to get going after heading out. I didn’t leave until mid afternoon. Several people were only going to the campsite [...]
This is just walking, right? June 5, 2015October 31, 2015Parks Comment You may be wondering what the actual trail is like. Surely, with its fame and thousands of volunteers it all wood chips and [...]
Tennessee Turnpike June 3, 2015October 31, 2015Parks Comment When I got up in the morning at Kincora, I got a chance to meet Bob Peoples. He’s a well known trail maintainer [...]
To Kincora June 1, 2015October 31, 2015Parks 2 Mountain Harbour B&B served a wonderful breakfast. I had stayed the night in the main house, but I wandered down to the hostel [...]