We are staying at the Izzak Walton Inn. The inn was built during the great days of the railroad to cater to the rail employees. It is a train stop today with a working yard next door. Of course every thing is train themed. There are several rooms on the grounds that are converted rolling stock.
I have hundreds of pics that I will post when I have enough bandwidth. thanks for checking in.
The weather and or the weatherman has not been our best friend the last two days. Yesterday the weather kept us from doing any hiking. Today we were able to visit Lake Junaluska again and take the 4 mile trail around the lake. The weatherman said it would rain all afternoon and at this point…
We are at our refueling stop in Minot ND. We left Chicago in the early afternoon yesterday and we traveled due north twards Wisconsin. Unfortunately it got a little cloudy so the pics are not great(see gallery). Things got very interesting when we reached the Dells. This is a vacation area for people in this…
We stuck close to home today and we hiked the Cataloochee Divide trail. This is a trail that runs on the Cataloochee Divide which is the eastern boundry for the Smokey Mountian Park. The Trail head is only about 1.5 miles up the mountian from the cabin as the crow flies, however it is 8…
The views you get driving around this lake are incomparable. The one big problem is on the weekends people come from every direction. Every available spot along the road has a car parked on it. We took a short 2.4 mile hike around an alpine lake before we left for the train. right now we…
We pulled in to Sacermento this morning around 5:30 am. We found some breakfast and headed out for a walk. We started at Old Town and walked a few miles along the river. Then it was back on the train to Reno. The view is getting better by the minute. We are just about at…
Traveling via AMTRAK through 16 states in 16 days. 110 hrs and 5 nights on a train. Visiting some of the best parks in the world. We will be hiking and driving on the road to the sun. Hopefully we will have a few stories to tell you here along with a lot of great…