On the Tetractus Quest The next trails I rode in my quest to earn Oak City Cycling Project‘s Tetractus Bike Challenge patch were Lake Crabtree County Park’s multi-use trails and Harris Lake County Park’s Hog Run Trails. Both of these trail systems are fairly well known. On the Tetractus list, one could argue they are“More Tetractus Trails”
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Take on the Tetractus MTB Challenge
Need a little motivation to help you ride more often and on more trails? If you’re like me, you probably end up riding the same trails over and over. Riding just for the sake of biking is all fine and well, but sometimes a little motivation can make riding a lot more fun. Enter the“Take on the Tetractus MTB Challenge”
Riding the Blue Clay Bike Park
How much fun can the Blue Clay Bike Park trails really offer a mountain biker? You might be pleasantly surprised – I was! Located just north of Wilmington, NC and barely 8 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, these trails are obviously nowhere near a mountain. Even coming from the Raleigh area where it’s hard to“Riding the Blue Clay Bike Park”
6 Favorite Day Hikes in the Uwharries
Need a few suggestions for day hikes? Explore the Uwharrie Lakes Region in central NC with these day hikes recommended by the Haphazard Hikers. Despite their name, this group of young-at-heart ladies from the Charlotte area knows a bit about day hikes. They hike in the Carolinas on a regular basis and have been for“6 Favorite Day Hikes in the Uwharries”
Lost Uwharrie – West Morris Mountain Trail
Lost trail The West Morris Mountain Trail was already lost by the time it appeared on a USGS quadrangle map in 1994. At that time, I was writing the first edition of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide. I looked for the West Morris Mountain Trail as I pushed my measuring wheel along Camp Road, which leads from“Lost Uwharrie – West Morris Mountain Trail”
Uncovering Another Mystery Camp
Lost Camp? Was the northernmost camp along the Birkhead Mountain Trail really lost? Were we uncovering another mystery camp? On a recent hike in the Birkhead Mountains, I jokingly told someone “We’re never lost – we’re always right here.” This camp might have been thinking the same thing as it watched us come and go“Uncovering Another Mystery Camp”
Historic Camps Along the Uwharrie Trail
What do you know about the historic camps along the Uwharrie Trail? One of these camps was recently re-discovered in the Birkhead Mountains Wilderness. Who built these camps? What makes them different from any other campsite along the trail? When Scoutmaster Joe Moffitt led Boy Scouts to create the Uwharrie Trail in the 1970’s, he“Historic Camps Along the Uwharrie Trail”
Lost Uwharrie – Tadlock
Jim was leading Joe and me to the grave. Or graves. I wasn’t really sure if there would only be one, or if there would be two. Either way, I had never been in this part of the forest before and didn’t really know where he was taking us. My phone was failing to connect“Lost Uwharrie – Tadlock”
Shepherd Mountain Hike
Some consider Shepherd Mountain part of the Caraway Mountain range. Others consider the Caraway Mountains to just be the northern end of the Uwharrie Mountain range. The summits in either range barely reach above 1,000 feet in elevation. At 1,157 feet above sea level, Shepherd Mountain is one of the tallest of these mountains, however you“Shepherd Mountain Hike”
2017 Bike Travel Weekend
In 2016, Adventure Cycling Association promoted the first weekend in June as Bike Travel Weekend. They encouraged cyclists to get out for an overnight ride to somewhere, anywhere. The goal was to motivate more people to choose cycling as a mode for travel. You could ride to a friend’s house and spend the night or“2017 Bike Travel Weekend”