Travels and Vagabonds
Continue reading “New River Gorger: Fern and the South side Crags”
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.
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”
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.
Cold day at Moores wall was experienced yet again. The cold north beckond and the tries at a hard route were given ago.
View from Fern.
New River Gorge was visited again but this time it would be a a focus on the sampling of the Fern Buttress and the Endless Wall. I drove up solo, having phone conversation with long lost friends who I begged to entertain me on my drive. I got to the a very pack and crowded ACC campground. It kind of a sad place to be now, after staying there back in the beginning when it was the wildwest. With a forgotten tent, I pulled the blazer into a open slot and sleep through the night. Continue reading “West Virginia – New River- Fern Buttress”
Tim agreed to a day of fun up at shortoff again. 2 items need crossed off the list. The long standing goal of climbing the Golden Rule, and get into the Tilt World. Quick departure from town got us up there pretty quick and the arrive at the trailed at 8:30AM.