I took Calvin and Briggs up on the Parkway today for a short hike. I had heard of Sam's Knob for a while, but we had never been. Over the weekend a Facebook friend went with his family; I was inspired. We went at midday to Brevard for a fast-food lunch. We ate that on the final leg of the trip: up US 276 to the Parkway. The access to Sam's Knob is just a few miles south. We were on the trail at about 130pm. The trail cuts across a glen before heading up the small-ish mountain.
We missed a switchback and found ourselves scrambling almost vertically!
We picked the trail back up and made it the rest of the way with no
trouble. On the way back down I realized that some of the tree trunks
and limbs were arranged in such a way (at the point we missed the turn)
to try to indicate the right direction. We had missed the signs on the
way up. The view from the top was great. The past few days had been
cloudy, typical December weather for us. But this day had really blown
clear, prompting me to blow off a meeting at the office and spirit us
away. After descending we headed back toward Asheville via the Parkway,
seeing some places that we had visited before. The tunnels were a big
hit (again). We got home about 430pm.
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