Doug on our Caravan organized a great 5.2 mile hike at the Julian Price Memorial Park: Boone Fork Trail. Just Gorgeous. We had 12 People and 2 dogs. We had a great time. T
Epic hike! Took us 3 hours & 45 minutes to complete. Went clockwise through the campgrounds first. Beautiful, well-maintained, well-marked trail with small water crossings, stairs, and rock scrambles to navigate. It was challenging but doable. Hiking poles were helpful.
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On Saturday, the group toured Grand Father Mountain with the famous “Mile High” Swinging Bridge. The winds were blowing around 35mph (56kph) and the winds blew in hard. It was an adventure. By the way, they only close the bridge when the winds get above 55mph.
After conquering the bridge, we went to the Wildlife Habitat to see cougars (which no longer live in the wild on Grandfather Mountain), black bears, bald eagles, river otters and elk. These animals were all rescued and could no longer survive in the wild.
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Drove from Spruce Pine, NC (Milepost 334) to Boone, NC (Milepost 280)
Our drive was much more enjoyable. The fog was gone, although it did rain a bit.
We saw man-made Price Lake and damn which was cool. Linda got some great pictures of our Airstream. The Linn Cove Viaduct was also amazing.
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Pam joined a small group of people for an easy hike to the Linville Falls with 3 separate viewing areas.
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Asheville, NC (Milepost 388) to Spruce Pine, NC (Milepost 324)
We again took the Blue Ridge Parkway. Wow – it was Fog all the way. Dense fog where visibility was down to 30 feet. We drove slowly (following Al and Linda) and made it safely to Bear Den Campground (separate post).
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