Day Hiking in North Carolina

Many excellent hiking trails in North Carolina are ignored on the way to Asheville or the Blue Ridge Parkway. Last weekend, we hiked at Stone Mountain in Roaring Gap, NC. Hiking in Stone Mountain is like walking on the moon, or Mars. After Stone Mountain, we went to Pilot Mountain near Mt Airy, NC.  You…

Heimdall’s Path

Nothing could be more cliche than having your family play the song, “My Way,” at your funeral. However, if your gravestone read, “I traveled the road most traveled, and I was bored to death,” now that would be something worth exploring. Both “my way” and “bored to death” describe my life. These days, I go…