Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP)

Blue Ridge Parkway Rattlesnake

Blue Ridge Parkway Rattlesnake, a photo by waterfallshiker on Flickr. This is not what I was expecting to see as I made the curve into the Crabtree Falls area near milepost 339 of the BRP. In all of my 42 years in NC and the last 5 years hiking, never have I stumbled on something …

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Brevard – BRP Loop 7/10/12

Beautiful Side View of French Broad Falls and Shoal Creek Falls coming together It is Tuesday 7/10, a rare week day off for me and I am itching badly to get out and hike to some waterfalls.  It is the first day in nearly 2 weeks that the temperatures are not forecast to be near …

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Waterfall Daytrip – Graveyard Fields, Looking Glass Falls, Moore Cove Falls, and Sliding Rock!

One of the most popular and one of my favorite Blue Ridge Parkway hiking destinations has to be at milepost 418, Graveyard Fields. Graveyard Fields gets its name from a long time ago when the trees and stumps resembled gravestones in a graveyard. This was all swept away in 1925 by a huge fire.

BRP-294 A Visit To Moses Cone Memorial Park

Today I begin a new section of my blog, giving some recognition to probably the most important highway in the Appalachian Mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway or BRP for short.  As I hike different sections of this monumental highway, I will simply begin the titles as BRP followed by the number representing the mile marker …

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