Hiking

Blue Ridge Parkway

Although this is filed under “Hiking”, it’s mostly a driving trip. I took off Friday afternoon and headed up toward Waynesboro with no particular plan. Reaching the northern entrance to the Blue Ridge Parkway, I began driving south hoping to camp at the Otter Creek Campground around mile marker 60. After stopping to photograph the

Kayaking

Pea Island NWR – Cape Hatteras, NC

With the tourist season over and the Oregon Inlet Campground closing in a few weeks, I decided to try get in at least one more trip before fall. I headed down Friday afternoon in time to do a little sunset paddling around Pea Island NWR (about 7 miles south of Oregon Inlet). It was also

Hiking

Rocky Mount Loop – Shenandoah National Park

A week of 100 degree temperatures got me longing for the mountains. Even if it wasn’t going to be significantly cooler, at least I would have a view. So I pulled out my copy of “Day & Overnight Hikes in the Shenandoah National Park” by Johnny Molloy and started flipping pages. I chose the Rocky

Kayaking

Kerr Lake and Longwood Park

I was meeting a few friends in Chase City for a Skeet tournament on Sunday so that give me a good excuse to head down to Kerr Lake a couple of days early for a little camping and paddling. Plus, I had a new kayak to try out – a Wilderness Systems Tsunami 140. Based