The Deep Creek area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park was new to me. It is near Bryson City North […]
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A special day at Kennesaw Mountain
One of my most memorable moments while hiking happened close to home. I was doing my normal little weekend loop […]
Grotto Falls Trail
This hike is 2.6 miles with 585 feet elevation gain. You can access it from the Roaring Fork Motor Nature […]
Andrews Bald
Double header day! Right after hiking the Alum Cave trail, I drove up to Clingmans Dome and did the 3.5 […]
Alum Cave Trail
I lucked out ! I’ve come up to GSMNP many times and have never been able to hike the Alum […]
Abrams Falls Trail- A favorite day hike in GSMNP
Abrams Falls is one of my favorite day hikes in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is about 4.9 miles […]
A hiking paradise close to home, the Great Smoky Mountains
Shaconage (pronounced She-Kon-O-Hey), meaning “Land of the Blue Smoke” is the Cherokee word for the Great Smoky Mountains. This region’s […]
A few pics from Venice
Last day in the beautiful Italian Dolomites
We could not do the Monte Piano climb we had planned for today because the road was closed due to […]
Am I in Italy or Austria, can someone please tell me?
The town we stayed in has 2 names: Niederdorf and Villabassa, population 1600. The region is known as South Tyrol. […]
Tre Cime di Lavaredo
This day was the best hike of my life so far! We enjoyed a memorable walk under the famous “Three […]
20 mile bike ride
I started the day with an hour massage at the Hotel Gasthaus Adler’s spa. Then a group of us rented […]
Andy's walks in the world 