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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. This last fall I managed to drive almost all of the Blue Ridge Parkway (we skipped the section between Roanoke and Fancy…
Continue reading ➞ Top Tips For Driving The Blue Ridge Parkway In The Fall
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. I didn't really know what to expect from this hike…
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. Towards the end of our time in Brevard we finally…
Continue reading ➞ Moore Cove Falls: An Easy Waterfall Hike In Brevard, North Carolina
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. The trailhead was easy enough to find but then we hit the trail. We were already 1/1 for following the wrong…
Continue reading ➞ Hike To The 50-Foot Tall Cove Creek Falls In Brevard, North Carolina
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. We planned to do it the same day at Grassy Creek Falls and…
Continue reading ➞ Enjoy The Hike To Roaring Fork Falls Between Boone And Asheville, North Carolina
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. This is the trail you take just…
Continue reading ➞ Hike To Hebron Falls On The Boone Fork Trail
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! Don't get me wrong, Grassy Creek Falls…
Continue reading ➞ Hike Crabtree Falls Trail: One Of The Best Waterfalls 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. Falls cascading into a gorge surrounded by trees flaming orange and yellow. How could…
Continue reading ➞ Hike The Linville Falls Trail In The Fall For Out Of This World Color
**This trail is no longer open to the public. It is under new private ownership and currently closed. Please respect that.** Why you can no longer hike to Grassy Creek Falls Grassy Creek Falls is on private property and the previous owners allowed hikers to enjoy them for decades. In recent years, however, things have…
Continue reading ➞ Hike Down, Down, Down To The Double Tiered Grassy Creek Falls In North Carolina
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! This is a nice moderate hike to one of the best views on the Blue Ridge…
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…
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…
Continue reading ➞ The Best Of The Fall Colors From Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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. It turned out to be two days and that's just not enough, especially when it's pouring…
Continue reading ➞ Why You Should Probably Visit Asheville, North Carolina Soon