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Big Creek Trail Hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Big Creek Trail is a serene, lesser-traveled gem in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, offering an 8–10 mile out-and-back hike through lush forests, alongside cascading streams, and past two stunning waterfalls. With a moderate elevation gain of 1,500-2000 feet, this trail delivers solitude, old-growth scenery, and refreshing creek-side ambiance, making it perfect for … Continue reading Big Creek Trail Hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Camping at Big Snowbird Creek

Brian and I spent a few days fishing and camped on the hard to find Big Snowbird. Big Snowbird Creek has a variety of fish, including rainbows, browns, and brook trout in various areas of the creek. It’s the “grand slam” of mountain fly fishing if you’re willing or shall I say able to not … Continue reading Camping at Big Snowbird Creek

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Grogran Creek Falls

This will be a unique and absolutely gorgeous waterfall, located in the Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest near Brevard. The hike is an easy 5.5 mile roundtrip hike, that has four different waterfalls along the way. Directions: From The Blue Ridge Parkway, take Highway 27 towards Brevard. After passing Looking Glass Falls, watch for … Continue reading Grogran Creek Falls

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Long Branch Falls

A very easy 2.5 mile round-trip hike in Pisgah. A cascade plus free fall turns into more of a slide, which veers left before ending in a small, shallow pool. It’s in an intimate setting, so photographing it can be a challenge. But it’s also rarely visited, so you’ll likely have the place all to … Continue reading Long Branch Falls

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The Lollipop Kephart Loop to Charlies Bunion

For me this was a challenging hike, for two reasons. one, it’s a long uphill and a long downhill with not much elevation change in between. Two, the viewpoint, or the Bunion in this case is a tad more dangerous than I’d like. So for those reasons it was more than just another Sunday morning … Continue reading The Lollipop Kephart Loop to Charlies Bunion

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Adirondacks Hike to Wolf Pond

The trail for Wolf Pond begins 10 miles from I-87 on Blue Ridge Road, a twisty corridor off Exit 29 of I-87. Once we are on Blue Ridge Road, there were views of mountains and more than half a dozen trailheads to explore. The trail is pretty easy except for a few short, moderately steep … Continue reading Adirondacks Hike to Wolf Pond

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Haystack Mt -Pawlet VT. & Breakfast

We will start off with breakfast at Rathbun’s Maple Sugar House in Granville (Whitehall address: 1208 Hatch Hill Rd, Whitehall, NY.) It’s pancakes, waffles, french toast with pure maple syrup. They also have eggs. Menu online. Then it’s a short (15-20 min.) drive over to Haystack Mt. in Pawlet, VT to work it off. This … Continue reading Haystack Mt -Pawlet VT. & Breakfast

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Albany Pine Bush Preserve White, Red, Blue & Yellow

Let’s start at the Kaikout Kill Barrens on the white trail .7 towards a diverse forest of pitch pine-scrub oak barrens, and native prairies adorning rolling sand dunes including the Great Dune on the Red Trail 1.8. We will take it counterclockwise to the Blue Trail 1.4 staying on the blue trail until the yellow … Continue reading Albany Pine Bush Preserve White, Red, Blue & Yellow

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Albany Pine Bush Preserve Purple Trail

Let’s follow the Purple trail through the woods, over 2 bridges across the Hunger Kill and two road crossings to DiCaprio Park. The trail continues along the perimeter of various athletic fields to the DiCaprio Park Trailhead #11 where we will retrace our steps back to our car for a 3.7 mile in and out … Continue reading Albany Pine Bush Preserve Purple Trail

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Cicadas incoming: Billions of insects poised to emerge in double-brood invasion

The winged insects are set to pop out of the ground in the coming weeks in a rare synchronized event that last occurred in 1803. Get a pair of cicada glasses: https://busyhiker.square.site/ This year’s emergence is expected to be unusually large, with some experts estimating that more than a trillion cicadas could blanket parts of … Continue reading Cicadas incoming: Billions of insects poised to emerge in double-brood invasion