Consider this sequel to last year’s history hike at Bethabara Park. The first Moravian settlers in the modern-day Triad region bunked in an old trapper’s cabin at Bethabara, but their leaders back in Pennsylvania had much larger plans: a whole…
Morrow Mountain State Park
Quick pic from latest hike
by tom • November 14, 2010 • 0 Comments
I spent a few hours Sunday at Morrow Mountain State Park, about 60 miles south of the Triad. I’ve posted about all the fall-color shots I can stand, but I figured I could squeeze in one more and hopefully call…
Doughton Park
First hike at Doughton Park
by tom • November 7, 2010 • 6 Comments
These days you have to take the back door into Doughton Park, which is next door to Stone Mountain State Park on the east edge of the Blue Ridge Escarpment. I found that out the hard way when I tried…
Mangan's memoirs
How I made my own newspapers for hikers and gear geeks
by tom • November 1, 2010 • 3 Comments
A couple weeks back I had too much time on my hands and stumbled across a web site called Paper.Li, which performs a heart-warming task for old news hacks such as yours truly: it does all the work of putting…
Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
Fall color stroll at Moses Cone Park
by tom • October 24, 2010 • 5 Comments
You don’t come to Moses Cone to hike. The trails are all fat, gentle, and free of the roots and boulders that bring such pleasure across the Blue Ridge. Leaf Season weekends bring out altogether too many people and just…
South Mountains State Park
Beyond the falls at South Mountains State Park
by tom • October 11, 2010 • 3 Comments
The quick read on South Mountains State Park is “High Shoals Falls and Everything Else.” This week I went looking for everything else. Actually I did stop by the waterfall — it’s right on the main route to the interior…
Linville Gorge Wilderness
Table Rock and The Chimneys, Linville Gorge Wilderness
by tom • October 3, 2010 • 8 Comments
This is a can’t-miss hike if the weather cooperates. Table Rock, the stone uplift that forms the Linville Gorge’s most prominent peak, has amazing vistas at the top. About a mile and a half south, the Mountains to Sea Trail…
Linville Gorge Wilderness
Further into the depths of Linville Gorge
by tom • September 25, 2010 • 7 Comments
Seeing the Linville Gorge from its heights a couple weeks back gave me a burning itch to check out its depths the next time around. One of the easiest ways to go deep is to find the Spence Trail on…
Linville Gorge Wilderness
Hawksbill and more at Linville Gorge
by tom • September 18, 2010 • 3 Comments
I’ve been meaning to get back to the Linville Gorge Wilderness for months now, but I’ve been waiting for the local heat index to move from its usual summer setting (Generally Insufferable) to its early autumn range (Mildly Annoying). Last…