I know! I thought of you and Jess as we were up there, but it was such a whirlwind trip, we didn't have time for going much further out of the way than Asheville. We've got some other friends in Greenville that just recently moved there from Nashville, as well, that we mean to visit on one of these trips someday. If we get a chance to do a longer (and better planned) visit, we'll have to come through Greenville and spend a night or something. I want to make Jess make me some sushi! ;)
Indeed, that logging road has been our haven many times when we had to hike out really fast in the rain. I don't know how many times that's happened. It always kills my feet though, all that coarse gravel and usually at fast paces because we're trying to get the hell out quick. You can get back to the lot from Shining Rock though in a couple of hours or less if you have to. The last time we did it, I had a wet, cold, tired, hungry, crying, 7-month-old Jonah on my back. Extra incentive to get out quick!
Sam Knob is indeed one of the SB6K (had to look it up). Usually we go to the top of it the first night, but we were lazy asses this time. Also, Tennent Mountain, Black Balsam, and Shining Rock are on the list, all of which I've been on top of, in some cases multiple times. Almost had Cold Mountain too, but was too near the end of the day and the end of the trip. Joyce Kilmer (Bob Stratton Bald and Hangover) used to be our normal haunt for quick overnights like this, but we find this place much easier to get to now that we have Jonah (no hiking up Wolf Laurel). I swear, if I lived an hour or so away, I'd be up there all the time! Of course, I can say that since I live 4 hours away, heh. Chris and I spent a week in the Shining Rock Wilderness back when we were all in shape and stuff.
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Indeed, that logging road has been our haven many times when we had to hike out really fast in the rain. I don't know how many times that's happened. It always kills my feet though, all that coarse gravel and usually at fast paces because we're trying to get the hell out quick. You can get back to the lot from Shining Rock though in a couple of hours or less if you have to. The last time we did it, I had a wet, cold, tired, hungry, crying, 7-month-old Jonah on my back. Extra incentive to get out quick!
Sam Knob is indeed one of the SB6K (had to look it up). Usually we go to the top of it the first night, but we were lazy asses this time. Also, Tennent Mountain, Black Balsam, and Shining Rock are on the list, all of which I've been on top of, in some cases multiple times. Almost had Cold Mountain too, but was too near the end of the day and the end of the trip. Joyce Kilmer (Bob Stratton Bald and Hangover) used to be our normal haunt for quick overnights like this, but we find this place much easier to get to now that we have Jonah (no hiking up Wolf Laurel). I swear, if I lived an hour or so away, I'd be up there all the time! Of course, I can say that since I live 4 hours away, heh. Chris and I spent a week in the Shining Rock Wilderness back when we were all in shape and stuff.