******Parkway Ride Oct. 19-22 2017****** (1 Viewer)

[Trollhole]

Me and Jocassee with the dog
Steve and his two girls and his dog
Chris and two or three kids
Eric F

 

[pondjumpr]

I have been trying to figure out how to at least stop by or meet up with you guys at the Inn. I am heading up our Men's Group at church and we are hiking a section of the Foothills Trail tomorrow morning and it doesn't appear that we will be back until after 2:00...
This is a trip I definitely need to make next year. Have fun and safe travels to those that make it up there.

 

[the gimpey one]

Wonder how many of them are second guessing their decision to camp right now lol.

 

[Bryanseye]

Wonder how many of them are second guessing their decision to camp right now lol.

Im second guessing my decision to not camp. Hope everyone is having a good time.

 

[the gimpey one]

Im second guessing my decision to not camp. Hope everyone is having a good time.

Definitely a trip you need to experience.

 

[forrest5000]

You all missed the best trip yet! you couldn't have asked for better weather. No wind!

 

[Bryanseye]

You all missed the best trip yet! you couldn't have asked for better weather. No wind!

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[forrest5000]

 

[forrest5000]

Most of mine are panoramic pics will not let me load.

 

[forrest5000]

You

 

[forrest5000]

 

[the gimpey one]

How was the traffic hiker wise?

 

[AJR]

Great time. Good weather. I made it in and out without any scratches on my wife’s 80.

 

[forrest5000]

Great time. Good weather. I made it in and out without any scratches on my wife’s 80.

Well ,what about body damage? That is a different story.

 

[forrest5000]

How was the traffic hiker wise?

About normal,had to haul an injured hiker to the parking lot.

 

[AJR]

Well ,what about body damage? That is a different story.

It wasn’t a scratch

 

[forrest5000]

It wasn’t a scratch

You wish it was.

 

[aquatech3]

Had a great trip this year thanks to everyone who made it out. Good food, conversation and wheeling as well as doing some trail maintenance and helping an injured hiker get out of the woods. Can't wait until next year!

 

[Trollhole]

Will have to say of the 10 years going to this place this year was the best. No wind Thursday or Friday. Just sunny and warm enough where a long sleeve shirt was perfect. Never really got cold at night until Saturday night and even then it was fine. Wind did pick up Saturday afternoon and into the night but was only maybe 20mph. By morning it had died down somewhat. Saturdays drive down the parkway to meet everyone at the Pisgah Inn for lunch was nice. We basically had a 20 min wait for them to seat all 20 of us. Getting out Sunday was a cakewalk since the clouds showed up that morning and the trail wasn't busy as we didn't leave camp till 11 or so. We picked up trash all the way back out the trail. Amazed at what people will just chunk in the woods.

The tepee Steve had really made the nights awesome. We could hang out around the wood burning stove and cook and eat or walk outside and enjoy the stars. Thursday and Friday were really clear and we caught quite a few shooting stars from the Oriond Meteor shower. Very few hikers were rude this time. We even carried a few hikers out when one became injured near camp. Everyone was very friendly. I made sure to be as nice as possible and the people I met coming through camp were very nice once you told them if they needed anything to come see us. Watching the boy scout group get lost was priceless.

I brought my youngest daughter Jocassee on this trip in the new old LX450 (the Troll Patrol). I think we had one of the best trips together. As usual Blue was in heaven the whole trip. He loved rolling in the grass and meeting hikers in camp.

 

[Trollhole]