We tried to backpack the weekend of August 30, 2014, but it was a horrible failure. First, we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway towards Brevard, NC, with plans to backpack at Shining Rock Wilderness. When we reached the trailhead near Black Balsam Knob, however, it was a…
He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams. - J.R.R. Tolkien