![]() We picked a site and went back to pay only to be told that the site was already reserved. We had stopped by the visitor center and were told to pick a site and come back to pay. We found several sites suitable for hammocks. On the 3rd night we got off the parkway and camped at Stone Mountain State Park NC (they have hot showers). Once again no tarps as we had clear skies all night and no rain in the forecast. There was some condensation on her bag, her hammock and the blue pad. My wife told me in the morning that is was damp under her sleeping bag. Temps that night dropped into the high 40's. I used the air pad again but no fleece jacket and was warm all night. This time I added a Wally World blue foam pad ( the one with the waffle pattern) to the wife's hammocks along with her Bear Burrito Oven and she said she was warm all night. I counted a possible 8+ hanging locations on this one site. The best one, site 70 ( and the one we stayed at ) is just across from the Rangers check in shack. We only found a few sites suitable for hammock hanging. Each site has a large bear proof box for storing food in. Cost was $16.00 for the night but no hot showers. The second night we camped the Linville Falls campgrounds (close to where the Gorge Rats play), elevation about 3,200 feet. We broke camp and started north again enjoying the fall colors and views. ![]() Told wife he was a potential candidate for a Darwin Award. I stood by waiting for the guy to set himself on fire. Then they started a fire which consisted of dousing firewood with large amounts of lighter fluid on an open flame and creating a 15+ foot ball of fire, repeat often. I asked if I could help them but they said no they had it under control so the wife and I kicked back and had fun watching how not to set up a tent in the dark. They spent the first hour trying to set up their tent. The only reason we got up was to answer natures call.īefore we got in our hammocks for the night, a young couple pulled into the site next to us and kept us entertained until we went to sleep. We did not use tarps as the weather reports called for clear skies and no rain. I placed a 2” inflatable pad in my hammock and I was warm the rest of the night. I tried to add a foam pad to her hammock but she would not get out of the hammock so I gave her my heavy coat and she said she was warm the rest of the night. I added a Arrowhead Equipment Bear Burrito Oven to the wife’s hammock and even though this was the first time I had used it, it took less than a couple of minutes to hook it up in the dark. About 1 AM it got cold enough to wake us up. My wife slept in her bluejeans and her fleece jacket over her T-shirt, her Snow Lion mummy sleeping bag (this sleeping bag is 35+ years old and still rocks) and a couple of fleece throws. I slept in my hiking shorts and fleece jacket (Columbia if anyone is interested in the brand) over my my T-shirt and a North Face 20 degree rectangular bag along with my trusty military poncho liner. We started off with just our our sleeping bags. Temps dropped to the low 40's that night. We only found one campsite, D25, that was suitable for hanging at least 2 hammocks. The rates were $16.00 for the night and Mt Pisgah is the only campground along the Blue Ridge Parkway with hot showers Told the Park Ranger while checking in we were hammock hangers and the Ranger marked us down as tent camping. This time our food stayed locked up in the van at night. The last time I stayed there as a kid in the 60's a bear got our food. The first night we stopped at the Mt Pisgah campgrounds. We hung in our Warbonnet Blackbirds, double layers While our goal was to get away for a week and do some car camping/hanging and end up at the MAHHA hang, it turned into a fall color explosion as the the leaves were turning brite yellow, gold and red colors plus the visibility was excellent.Īs we were car camping, we were able to load up the van with all our camping gear and extra food so we were not roughing it. The wife and I drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and started north ( the Blue Ridge Parkway officially starts in Va and ends in NC ). Just got back from a week in the NC/Va mountains.
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