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Country roads, take me home!

May 2022

 It was getting warm again. Summer vacation was about to start and we decided to take the opportunity and hit the road before it gets too hot. Although I was missing mountains and high elevations, I decided to avoid driving through Great Plains in the heat and I aimed for the north again. A slow paced ride along Appalachian and highest points of the east.


We said goodbye to our backyard mockingbirds and started the trip in my upgraded camper.

We made a new friend in our first camp in Mississippi.


It was nice and quiet. 



We explored around Mississippi and Tennessee the next day and made it to Fire creek campsite.


It was a nice campsite and our spot was next to the creek.




After a nice walk and enjoying the cool weather until noon we headed to another campsite. A few campsites I was planing were closed so I randomly ended at Bull creek trailhead. Nice hiking trail and cool spot in Pisgah National Forest. We arrived late so we had a rest and explored the trail the next day.



Love can kill you I suppose!


It was close to an off-road road so we didn't want to stay any longer.

Searching for a nice campsite was challenging as many forest roads were closed until we saw a great spot by the creek. It was a rainy day and we had plenty of time but this campsite was too good to skip so we settled down for a night here. A few cars passed by but it was mainly bikers.








Nice night and good food.



It was raining most of the night. Nice breakfast the next day. Oat meal and coffee!





we met bikers and one of them was injured but he had many friends helping him walk to his car.

More off-road driving and we made it to Virginia and a secluded campsite in a cell phone tower road.



Nice view and good network coverage allowed me to work on my office work and I had a great progress.











After couple of days in this amazing campsite, we headed to the next destination in West Virginia.


Another nice campsite by the creek. This area is a paradise for fly fishing.





We decided to stay around this campsite and explore around. Monongahela national forest is a wonderful place to explore. Most amazing section of this region is Cranberry wilderness.













After a few nice day of camping and hiking, it was the to move on farther north to Dolly Sods.




We then drove to Canaan valley and camped there.





We passed through Allegheny mountains and Cheat mountains. Well I wish this gas station was open! It seems this station closed when gas price hit a dollar! I would like to see what the owner thinks about the current prices?



It was time to head back home. So moved down to Virginia and found a nice campsite in a cool rainy day.




And finally we made it down to Alabama and our final campsite was by Tennessee river.




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