Local Hikes Archives - Nancy East

Summiting Shining Rock

Sun, 17 May 2015 15:43:00 +0000

Summit: The highest point of a mountain or hill; The highest attainable level of achievement. The summit of Shining Rock! The Shining Rock Wilderness area was what cinched the deal for me to move to Waynesville. I spent a day working in the hospital where I would soon be employed and then headed for a...

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Meeting a Meanderthal on Purchase Knob!

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 01:57:00 +0000

Serendipity: Luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for. Spring fever hits hard at Hickory Hills Academy (the official name of our home school) about this time each year. There are days when core subjects have no choice but to take a backseat to the call of...

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Mt. LeConte Madness

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 03:03:00 +0000

If you read my last blog post, you know my family and I were hiking on Friday to an undisclosed “secret” location. It probably wasn’t hard to figure where we were (Mt. LeConte) but you may not have known why it was a secret initially, unless you read about our adventures last year in the...

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