Highlands NC, is a charming mountain town known for its stunning natural beauty, quaint downtown area, and abundance of outdoor activities. Included in this area is the town of Cashiers. We spent two weeks hiking and eating are way thru the area. This is an area that we will defiantly return to year after year….
We are once again hiking in the North Carolina Mountains. We have a nice place to stay with deer and turkeys walking thru the front yard every day. We have had a wide variety of hikes so far. Our favorite hike so far is one that was right off of the Blue Ridge Park Way. …
Our last hike for this trip. We chose the Bradley Fork trail which is in the Smoke Mountains National Park near Cherokee NC. This out and back trail runs along the Bradley Fork River. We hiked about 8.3 miles with only 600 feet of elevation gain. This is a great hike as the Bradley is…
We headed south again today to the Smokey Mountain Park and the Deep Creek area which is near Bryson NC. We hiked just short of 8 miles and 1,500 feet of elevation gain. In addition of using the Deep Creek trail again we used the Rock Pile Gap Trail to start and finish. This was…
We traveled about an hour south today to another part of the Smokey Mountian Park. We were in the land of tubers. The Deep River trail system. We hiked just under 5 miles with two steep sections putting our climbing at just under 900 feet. The trails were very good and the sceanery was very…
We are spending the next two weeks on hiking trails in the Smoky Mountains. We found a great cabin on VRBO. We are at 3,000 feet and the weather is great. We woke up this morning and it was only 57 degrees. A lot nicer than the 84 degrees the morning we left home. To…