St. Mary’s falls

Today we headed south on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Wow very nice.  We went to an area in the Great Smokey Mountain Park called Smokemont.  We hiked the Tow String Trial.  It was not a difficult day, 4.7 miles and 725 ft of elevation.  However it was a horse trail and it rained a few…

We have a number of trips planned for 2023.  Our first trip is to Charleston and Georgetown SC.  These are two of the oldest cities in South Carolina.  We will once again be making our annual trip to Brevard, NC. Our next trip will be to Washington DC, Boston, and then Bar Harbor Maine.

Well we made it home in time to prep for hurricane Irma.  The boats are all tide down and all the outdoor furniture is put away.  We left the island yesterday and we are in Greensboro waiting out the storm.  Hope for the best.  I hope to have time to edit the pics this week…

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…

Our first day in the Rocky Mountian National park. We got an up close look at a moose. We are staying at a hotel on grand lake. The lake is the largest natural lake in Colorado and is at an altitude of 8,367 feet. We hiked today to Cascade falls, just over 8 miles. The…

Cosby Tenn. was our destination for the day.  We hiked the Gabes Mountain trail today.  It is an out and back trail featuring a couple of water falls and some water crossings.  We hiked 6 miles and climbed 1,300 feet.  It was not a difficult hike but it was a difficult trail.  Lots of rocks…