Eric's and Noelle's Adventures in the Carolinas

We've spent quite a bit of time in North Carolina which we find to be one of the most interesting states in the whole country. North Carolina has it all. There are mountains (including the highest point east of the Mississippi), the beach, and some interesting cities. One of our favorite small cities, Asheville is only about an hour and half from our current home of Greeneville, Tennessee. Did we mention breweries? Western North Carolina happens to be home to some of the best breweries in the US. We plan to visit them all eventually.   Check Out Some of our North Carolina Adventures:

• Nags Head Woods Preserve

• Cape Hatteras National Seashore:

  •     Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

  •     Bodie Island Lighthouse

• Jockey's Ridge State Park

• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

• Wright Brothers National Memorial

• Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge

• Andrew Johnson's Birthplace in Raleigh

• Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

• Black Mountain, North Carolina

• Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

• Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

  • August 2008

  • January 2015

• Vance Birthplace State Historic Site

• Lost Cove Ghost Town

• French Creek Greenway: Hominy Creek Park to Carrier Park

• Mount Mitchell State Park

  • Summit Area

  • Mount Hallback, Mount Gibbes and Mount Craig Hike

• Thomas Wolfe Memorial

• DuPont State Forest

• The North Carolina Arboretum

• Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary

• The Botanical Gardens at Asheville

• Sierra Nevada Brewery Complex at Mills River

• Trombatore Trail

• Western North Carolina Nature Center

• Waterfalls of the Cherokee Indian Qualla Boundary

• Pisgah National Forest

  • Cradle of Forestry and Sliding Rock

  • Mount Mitchell

  • Laurel River Trail

  • Pump Gap Loop

  • Lover's Leap Loop

  • Grassy Ridge Bald

  • Max Patch Mountain

  • Camp Creek Bald Via Hickey Fork/Whiteoak Loop

  • Spring Creek Loop

  • Roans Above 6,000 Feet

  • Roan Mountain Rhododendron Gardens

  • Fork Ridge/AT/Jerry Miller Loop

  • Paint Rock

  • Green Ridge Trail

  • Roundtop Ridge Trail to Rich Mountain Fire Tower

  • Blackstock Knob via the Big Butt Trail

  • Roan Mountains Ski

  • Black Mountain Crest Trail 

  • Catawba Falls

  • Beyond 6,000 in the Great Balsams

  • Douglas Falls

  • Betty Place Trail

  • Mount Pisgah

  • Woody Ridge Trail to Gibbs Mountain and Celo Knob

  • Graveyard Fields Loop

  • Moore Cove Trail

  • Log Hollow Falls and "Kissing Falls"

Check Out Some of our South Carolina Adventures: 

• Sassafras Mountain the Highpoint of South Carolina 

• The Peachoid

• Kings Mountain National Military Park

• Cowpens National Battlefield