Up in the dark to an alarm clock to make the 50 mile drive to Greenville Paris Mtn. Stopped for propane in Brevard on way out. Only 1.5 gal just doesn’t seem like enough. No gauge, just waiting to run out again.
Rt 276 S of DuPont towards Greenville is enough to give you whiplash with all the twists & turns in the road. GPS said 1 hour, must have figured 55 mph on something that was more like 35mph.
GPS in its own way brought me to park entrance. Arrived just @ 10:00 to find John figeting @ his car perhaps wondering if I was going to show.
Just he and I. We took off and he got after it. Up down & around and sometimes back again for 2 1/2 hrs of almost all ST in the park.17.61 miles & 2621′ vert.
M ost of the trails are machine cut and a bit wide for ST but that made for other users to share trails.
This software is unstable.
Broadleaf forest of mostly oak; leaves on ground, rain settled leaves making for better seeing tread but also a bit slippery.
Drove into Great Escape bikes to check out whatever. Neat shop, they had trains!! How much fun would that to be to have an HO layout inside the van?
Drove over to Barleys ( just like Asheville) for a beer & hang. Good beer but nothing to hang for.
Grocery shopped in Greenville & worked way out of metro looking for a quiet urban sleeping spot. Brevard was so nice back in the forest. I had it wired.
Tomorrow is down to Clemson, SC for a local guide ride on Sun. I might hang @ TH & hope to pick up a ride. Extensive trails but just a hodge podge of choices. Local needed to make it flow.