Hello and welcome to part 20 of our road trip through North Carolina. Our travels today focused on the Cooleemee, NC area where we learned about a great hiking area and set of rapids called the Bull Hole River Park. Because of the rains in the area the Yadkin river was flowing heavily yielding how […]
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Hello and welcome to part 19 of our journey through North Carolina. Today’s travels took us through Concord, NC where we enjoyed watching some anglers fishing in the churning waters at the Oxford Hydro Station. It became obvious this was a good fishing spot as one of the fishermen held up a trophy catch displaying […]
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Hello and welcome to part 18 of our journey through North Carolina. As you travel the roadways of this great country one never knows what you will encounter including where you might be spending the night. Some of these times one can’t be choosy. Well this is it for today. We hope you come back […]
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Hello and welcome to part 17 of our journey through North Carolina. As we were talking with the folks at Carolina Coach and Marine one of the representatives suggested if we were hungry to try the Claremont Café just up the road. She noted that it was nothing pretty to look at but the food […]
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Hello and welcome to part 16 of our journey through North Carolina. As we ventured off the Blue Ridge Parkway, we wondered if there was a Roadtrek dealer anywhere near by that could look at our macerator pump which died at our last campground. For those of you wondering what a macerator pump is, well, […]
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Hello and welcome to part 15 of our journey through North Carolina. As we continued along the Blue Ridge Parkway climbing higher the cloud cover got so thick it was difficult seeing what was in front of us. I guess this happens when you mix rain, warm temperatures and an elevation of 6000-feet plus above […]
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Hello and welcome to part 14 of our journey through North Carolina. As we traveled along the Blue Ridge Parkway we had opportunity to pull over and watch a huge storm passing in the distance. It was so beautiful sitting there seeing how dramatic nature can be. (To view the video, click in the image […]
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The blend of the quiet moments, the physical challenges, the mental exhaustion and the connections with God through nature are what remain with me a couple of weeks after coming off the Appalachian Trail and are what keep me going back each year with my sister and brother on our annual trek. This year, the […]
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Hello and welcome to part 13 of our journey through North Carolina. While walking around the Down by the River campground in a light rain, we started talking with a guy that was washing his camper as it rained. He said it was perfect weather for washing the bugs off and letting nature rinse it […]
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Hello and welcome to part 12 of our journey through North Carolina. As we continued along the Blue Ridge Parkway we discovered Linville Falls. These falls flow from high on the steep slopes of Grandfather Mountain in the Appalachians and cascade some 2,000 feet into the gorge below. The Cherokee knew this river as “Eeseeoh” […]
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