After leaving the Winston-Salem area, we headed toward Brevard, NC. Our goal was to take in as many forest roads and free camping as we could. Our destination was meandering in the Pisgah National Forest. Our favorite spot of the trip turns out to be our first stop. At Cathey’s Creek, we enjoyed a special …
Had you checked out our episode #48 – Our Visit to Mayberry (Mt Airy, NC) podcast episode yet? If not, check it out. We had a fun and wet touristy day in Andy Griffith’s hometown. We braved the pouring down rain and walked up and down Main Street. We visited an antique shop, a candy …
During our stay near Winston-Salem, we decided to take a day trip to Mt Airy and visit the birthplace of Andy Griffith. It was such a rainy day, but we weren’t going to let that dampen our spirits. Since the Andy Griffith Show is one of our all-time favorite shows and we had no idea …
If you haven’t caught our podcast episode #46 – From Rock Island State Park to a Driving Tour of Little Switzerland, click here to hear more about our experience. In this video, we made our way on to the Blue Ridge Parkway outside of Asheville, North Carolina. We stopped and worked for a bit at Buck Creek Gap …
We had been traveling and staying in the roof-top tent for over a week. We’ve already had seen plenty of rain. We needed to stop traveling and put in several days of work. Instead of booking a hotel, we decided to try our first AirBNB rental. We wanted to stay for four nights and cram …
Time Odometer Notes Photos 09/25/2017 7:17 am 194243 Left house in Springfield, MO 7:27 am Stopped at Battlefield & 65 to air up the tires 7:35 am Got on HWY 65S, then 60E 8:23 am 194288 Stopped in Mansfield for fuel (15.4 mpg) 8:33am Back on HWY 60E …
Our main lesson we learned from our trip East this year was that two weeks was entirely too fast. It’s not about the destination, it’s about enjoying the journey. Even though we felt the pressure of meeting the deadline to get back to our home base, we made sure to take some time off work …
Click the image below to see some of our shots from the Expo.
It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve returned from Overland Expo East and we realized that the trip was entirely too short. Sure the event was only a weekend, but we certainly like to take our time making our way to the event and coming home should be just as slow. We had a …
Just a few images we took from our visit to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.
