Backpacking the Appalachian Trail: Blood Mountain to Cowrock Mountain

We’ve long held the Blood Mountain Wilderness area to be our favorite in Georgia, offering awe-inspiring views from ridge line peaks and trails through beautiful Georgia forest dotted with rocky outcrops. This hike combines several of our favorites, traveling to the peak of Blood Mountain before...

Amazing Vistas: Hiking Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell stands North of Asheville as the highest peak East of the Mississippi River – and offers an amazing hiking experience from its high peak.  Standing at 6,684 feet, the mountain grows trees and flora that’s native to the Canadian mountain ridges – full of dark spruces and firs...

Cabin, Sweet Cabin – A Historic Getaway near Asheville

The town of Black Mountain, NC is a wonderful weekend getaway;  3.5 hours north of Atlanta and minutes outside the city of Asheville, it offers the best of both worlds – small town charm with amazing mountain views coupled with close proximity to Asheville’s awesome dining, arts, and...

Wild Beauty: Hiking Graveyard Fields, NC

Along the picturesque stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville, NC and the Smokey Mountains is a wild, rugged terrain named Graveyard Fields – an excellent hike following a stream through thick rhododendron, over a cleared expanse of knotty shrubs covering small, moundy earth, and up to a...

38 Acres of Solitude – Roundrock Cabin

Set on its own 38 acres of wooded mountains outside of Asheville, we chose Roundrock Cabin as the perfect setting for a quick springtime getaway weekend. This cabin is privacy to the extreme and perfect for relaxation in a beautiful setting.  Set off of a gravel road just north of the Bat Cave / Chimney...

Camping in Linville Gorge near Table Rock, Pisgah National Forest, NC

Linville Gorge, located in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, is a massive gorge cut 2,000 feet deep and 12 miles long by the Linville River and is lined with massive rock formations on both walls of the canyon. The gorge and surrounding 12,000 acres of Linville Gorge Wilderness a wealth of fantastic...