Category Archives: Mountain bike

Bent Creek Experimental Forest

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Mimi

We moved the Alto today to a new campsite. We are now at Bent Creek Experimental Forest right outside of Asheville. House hunting finished, we have a week and a day until closing, so we decided to take a vacation … Continue reading →

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shower time! (review of the alto shower)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Mimi

We have been shower-in-the-Alto avoiders. We usually stay in campgrounds with showers, and we use those for the most part. Our stay in Hendersonville to date has been on a private landowner’s trailer site that he generally rents by the … Continue reading →

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assault of the loggers

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Mimi

Deciding  it was time to head north, we made a reservation to revisit Hamilton Branch State Park in South Carolina, nearest park to the FORKS Mountain bike trails, that we enjoyed in November. The lovely wooded park that we enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 27, 2016 by Mimi

Add these mountain bike trails to the list: The Paisley Woods Trail that can be ridden right from Alexander Springs and the trails at Chuck Lennon Park, about a 12 mile drive from the park. The Paisley Woods Trail is a … Continue reading →

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a little further south we fly

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Mimi

 Hamilton Branch State Park in South Carolina, about 23 miles north of Augusta, Georgia. We considered staying longer in the Asheville area – great mountain biking and so much to do, but the air was extremely smokey from numerous forest fires … Continue reading →

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