Smoky Mountain Spring
You don’t know what you don’t know until you know. We thought 8 days in the Smokies would be plenty. We thought Smoky Mountain Spring would be snow-free. We learned. Three campgrounds are open year round – Smokemont in the
Life on the road with waterfalls
We’re a bit early to experience Spring in the Smokies. Snowrain showers instead of wildflowers, closed roads and campgrounds, cold nights and warm-ish days make off-the-grid living a challenge when the sun is not quite ready to cooperate. Solar Required
Clingmans Dome All Alone
There’s no higher vista in Great Smoky Mountain National Park than Clingmans Dome. 6,643 feet. Motorists make a 7 mile, 1,600 foot elevation climb on a paved and winding road to summit parking, then hike 330 feet higher for 360
Newton Bald-faced Lie
Newton’s First Law of Motion states that bodies in motion tend to stay in motion and bodies at rest tend to stay at rest. If we have to be honest with ourselves, we binged a few too many streaming series
On the Road Again
Life at home had filled our lives such that waking up in the same place each day felt normal. Family, friends, holidays and special events had kept us wonderfully busy. With a long awaited, mid-February epic Birthday party in the
Biking Biltmore
On our way out of the Biltmore yesterday, we stopped at Antler Village information center and asked for the trail map. “Are you renting bikes here or bringing yours on your car?” The attendant politely asked. “We’re riding them here,”
Conga at the Biltmore (Day 1)
As usual, a downpour overnight and well into the morning foiled our plans to bike to the Biltmore. Declaring war on the rain, Eric read an informative review about RV parking there then packed up Betty for a 15 mile
No Rain (for a minute)
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain And all I can do is just pour some tea for two And speak my point of view but it’s not sane
Downtown Asheville
Asheville, The Official 2018 Visitor Guide magazine says to “MIX IT UP” and go from the Streets to the Peaks like a Local. Every offering is marketed as a not-to-be-missed opportunity and we are totally buying what they’re selling. There
Roller Coaster Roads
Nestled in the mountains with two rivers running through it, Asheville, NC is the gateway to the Appalachians and often named “one of the best places to live in America. The setting is so copasetic that it was chosen by