Winter Camping – Pisgah Forest, NC

December 2018. I’m always tempted to get away for my birthday, and I will be 36 years old this December. The forecast called for some rain, to be followed by snow all weekend from a large storm system coming across much of the Southeast. Now, I certainly didn’t PLAN a trip because there was a storm coming –…

Overnight trip: Julian Price Memorial Park – Blowing Rock, NC

Camping in the mountains at the peak of summer; it is always a good time to be at higher elevation! Julian Price Memorial Park is one of my favorite places along the Blue Ridge Parkway (milepost 297, just south of Blowing Rock). It is scenic enough to stop at the lake while passing through, but…

Tenkara – Ultralight Fishing Christmas gear!

I’m pretty excited to have received a Tenkara Iwana fishing rod as a Birthday / Christmas gift this year. I have pretty cool in-laws who know I love the outdoors, and my father in law remembered me going on and on about Tenkara this past summer. Tenkara is a Japanese fly-fishing technique that uses only…