Blue ridge parkway in fall

Top Tips For A Blue Ridge Parkway Road Trip In The Fall

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Looking to do a Blue Ridge Parkway road trip?

Ahh, the Blue Ridge Parkway in October. Only the best road trip in the USA. Ok, maybe not the best, but one of the best and certainly the best scenic drive for fall.

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Hike To Three (Or Four!) Waterfalls On The Log Hollow Falls Trail In North Carolina

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Looking to hike the Log Hollow Falls Trail in North Carolina?

One of my favorite waterfall hikes in North Carolina was the Log Hollow Falls hike. But, in what seemed to be classic North Carolina trail marking, we ended up following the wrong trail for like, a mile before turning around and trying the other option.

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Moore Cove Falls Trail: An Easy Waterfall Hike In Brevard, North Carolina

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Looking to hike the Moore Cove Falls trail in North Carolina?

After a while, not on the trip but after, the waterfalls and the trails all blur together a little bit but the Moore Cove Falls trail is one I distinctly remember, even though it was firmly in the middle of all the waterfalls we saw.

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Hike To The 50-Foot Tall Cove Creek Falls In Brevard, North Carolina

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Looking to hike to Cove Creek Falls in Pisgah National Forest?

I love North Carolina. But one thing I don’t like about it is how confusing and poorly marked some of the hiking trails are and the Cove Creek Falls trail was one of those.

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Enjoy The Hike To Roaring Fork Falls Between Boone And Asheville, North Carolina

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Looking to hike to Roaring Fork Falls in Pisgah National Forest?

Once I found the Roaring Fork Falls trail, it was stuck in my head and I was determined to see it. I really don’t know why, it wasn’t one of the most amazing waterfalls ever, but I just really wanted to go.

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Hike To Hebron Falls On The Boone Fork Trail

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Looking to hike the Hebron Falls Trail in Boone, NC?

While this is my second to last post on our time in Boone, this was actually the first thing we did there: hike to Hebron Falls on the Boone Fork Trail in Julian Price Memorial Park! This is about 20 minutes from Boone down the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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Hike Crabtree Falls Trail: One Of The Best Waterfalls On The Blue Ridge Parkway

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Looking to hike the Crabtree Falls trail on the Blue Ridge Parwkay?

Once I saw the Crabtree Falls hike I knew we had to do it. I had a busy day planned for us with Grassy Creek Falls, Crabtree Falls and one more nearby, but we only made it to the first two and this one was so much better!

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Hike The Linville Falls Trail In The Fall For Out Of This World Color

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Looking to hike the Linville Falls Trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway?

Linville Falls. The falls I was most looking forward to on our October trip and they let me down. I kept seeing this AMAZING waterfall on every North Carolina waterfall or Boone waterfall list and I just had to see it.

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Hike Down, Down, Down To The Double Tiered Grassy Creek Falls In North Carolina

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**This trail is no longer open to the public. It is under new private ownership and currently closed. Please respect that.**

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Enjoy One Of The Best Blue Ridge Parkway Views On The Rough Ridge Trail In North Carolina

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Looking to hike the Rough Ridge Trail in Blowing Rock?

While we were in North Carolina almost every hike we did was to a waterfall. This wasn’t totally on purpose but I did like it a lot. Well, today I’m sharing our one non-waterfall hike: the Rough Ridge trail!

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My Outdoor North Carolina Bucket List

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This winter instead of making a yearly state to-do list, I decided to just make a bigger state bucket list.  Then I decided to turn this into a little series. 

I wanted to do specific states that I spend a lot of time in, want to spend a lot of time in, or am close to a lot and North Carolina is one of those. At least the west side of it so far.

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The Best Of The Fall Colors From Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Ahh, I finally have my pictures from the Smokies ready and I’ve been so excited to share them, and there’s a lot of them, so I decided to share the best of the fall colors all in one post.  Don’t worry, you’ll see them again, I just wanted to share these together.  After all, it is why we went up to the Carolinas and Tennessee!

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Is Asheville, North Carolina Worth Visiting? (Find Out Why It Is!)

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Looking for great reasons to visit Asheville, North Carolina?

The first main stop on our little southeast road trip was Asheville, North Carolina.  It was also pretty much the only place we definitely knew we were going, but we didn’t know how long we would actually be there.  

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