Oregon( Silver Falls, Sisters, Bend)

Silver Falls State Park is in my top 3 for state parks.   You can walk behind four of them as the spout drop some 170 feet ft from the rock ledge.  There are rock amphitheater-like alcoves that have been carved away, I think they need to be man-made, but John thinks otherwise.  We will haveContinue reading “Oregon( Silver Falls, Sisters, Bend)”

Blue Ridge and Skyline Parkway

It’s all in the Isoprene that scatters blue light in the air.  Isoprene is generated from decaying trees that are abundant in the area and hence the namesake for the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Smoky Mountain National Park. It was designed to connect Great Smoky NP and Shenandoah NP and it does except whenContinue reading “Blue Ridge and Skyline Parkway”

Great Smoky Mountains

It is our second rainy weather camp experience in Vinny, but this is supposed to last a few days, not optimal for us fair weather hiking types, but we have compensated by doing about 16 miles of day hiking in the last three days prior to this rain event, and our quads say they needContinue reading “Great Smoky Mountains”