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Home » Active Travel » Appalachian Trail – Grayson Highlands State Park | NC Hikes

Appalachian Trail – Grayson Highlands State Park | NC Hikes

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2 males and a female standing in green grass after hiking

Trip Date: May 2013

We didn’t even know if this trip was going to take place or not because we both felt awful last week. The weather didn’t look too promising either but we went ahead and decided to take the trip. We have been hiking in Boone before but this time we were going to also be driving to VA to hike with my dad (he is hiking the Appalachian Trail). We hiked a total of 28 miles on this trip!

Friday:

We woke up early and drove to Boone (approx 4.5 hours from us). Scott played golf at the Boone Golf Club and I walked the course with him and made up my own workout based on what he was doing – it was really kind of silly but fun! Walking 18 holes was a workout itself!

After we ate lunch (and I got that awesome fortune cookie) it started to clear up outside so we decided to go on a short local hike. We did Elk Knob which is a 4-mile hike. We did it in 1 hour and 20 minutes…including taking a break to eat. I let my HRM go until I got in the shower for a total of 590 calories! It was a really pretty hike that we will add to our trip each time we go to Boone.

photo collage of Boone golf course

Saturday:

My dad was in Damascus, VA for Trail Days and got food poisoning… which was actually a blessing in disguise because we were able to know exactly where he was and pick him up in Damascus. I can’t even describe the feeling. It was the first time in 2 months that I had seen him! We hiked with him 10 miles in Grayson Highlands State Park. It was an amazing hike. We saw wild ponies and the landscape was gorgeous! It was hard to say goodbye again but he stayed to camp overnight to continue his hike again the next day.

Scott & I hiked another 4 miles back to our car to head to back to Boone. Once we got to the hotel and showered, we decided that we would walk to the restaurant so we walked another 4 miles after hiking 14 on the AT.

Below are a few photo collages of our adventures:

photo collage of pictures of a female and her dad hiking

photo collage of hikers in Grayson Highlands

photo collage of male and female hikers in Grayson Highlands

Sunday:

We checked out on Sunday but still wanted to do something active so we did a short hike/trail run at Julian Price Lake Loop off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was a fun and quick little hike!

photo collage of female in pink shirt and black workout capris standing in front of a lake with a picture of a heart rate monitor

I talked to my dad on Monday and he told me that us coming up to hike with him was one of the best 5 days of his life. I’m assuming the other 4 days…when he got married, when my sister was born, when I was born, and when he joined the Marines. I’m so proud of him!

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