Michael Nalevanko – Page 8

July 19, 2017August 30, 2018

Crabtree Fireworks 2017

Crabtree firework again, this time we brought a friend from Charlotte along as well. Nora joined us for the quick whirlwind weekend trip up to Crabtree. We peeled out of Charlotte late Friday and pull in around 1AM at night. The R-POD was setup and ready, so we fell right asleep.

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July 6, 2017August 30, 2018

4th of July Float and USWWC

Sam had a float trip down along the Catwaba River that I was invited too. I had lucky come into the temporary possession of a kayak from James at work. All before spending time at the USWWC

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June 19, 2017August 30, 2018

New River Gorger: Fern and the South side Crags

Last trip before Lasik Surgery, was to do some summer climbing up in the New River Gorge. This trip was complied with Sam and Jeff. We drove up late Friday evening in Sam’s truck. All 3 of us need to get a way for the weekend.

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June 6, 2017August 30, 2018

Charleston Beach Trip 2017

Looking at our schedules we would not be able to make it to the real beach in sometime. So 1 weekend in June would be our only option for getting my toes in some sand.

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May 31, 2017August 30, 2018

Memorial Day 2017 – Smoky Mountains

For Memorial Day, we went to the smoky mountains. We took the long way around bu going up to I40 and down passed Knoxville. Driving into Gatlinburg we could see all the burned out structures for the previous year’s fire.

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April 30, 2017August 31, 2018

Looking Glass – Glass Menagerie

In late April, Joe and I made a beta bid for the a free ascent on the Glass Menagerie at Looking Glass Rock. This would be a adventure on a real rock climb up the shear granite face of the north side.

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April 10, 2017August 31, 2018

Morrow Mountain State Park

For a weekend adventure Alexis and I went eastward from Charlotte to explore a new state park. Alexis found Morrow Mountain State Park which is park of a old rolling set of hills in the peidmont. We drove out through the countryside through many different small farm towns. When we got to the larger town of Albermarl, we were close to the park.

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March 31, 2017August 31, 2018

Greenville – Weekend trip

A weekend exploration trip was instore for us as we decided to just run down the interstate to the small town of Greenvile. We attempted to stop at the BMW center, but they happened to be close on the weekends. Continue reading

March 31, 2017August 31, 2018

Chattanooga before New Years

For New Years, we decided to take a different approach and headed down to a southern city this year. Our aim this years was toward Chattanooga for a couple day before the new year broke. We would drive back from PA and stop in NC for a night, pick up the cat, and then continue down and around Atlanta to reach Chattanooga. Continue reading “Chattanooga before New Years”

March 31, 2017August 31, 2018

Looking Glass – Fall Climbing Southside

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Fall was here and it’s time to go to the mountain and enjoy the crisp cold air of the season. Alexis decided to tag along with me on the weekend trip up to Brevard. We left Charlotte in the Blazer, this would be its first be road trip in a while.

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