Reached Pilot Mountain, North Carolina

From Anderson we continued heading northwest for two more days to reach Cherokee in North Carolina, the westernmost point of our trip. As we entered the Appalachian Mountains, the hills gew larger and more and steeper climbs came on our way. Via the Great Smoky Mountains National Park we turned onto the Blue Ridge Parkway, which we are now following heading north west. To find campgrounds and grocery stores we go off and parallel to the Parkway. The weather is still very enjoyable, we only had a few days with rain.

North Carolina State border


Downhill towards Cherokee


Great Smoky Mountains National Park


Great Smoky Mountains National Park


Southern End of the Blue Ridge Parkway


Blue Ridge Parkway view


On the Blue Ridge Parkway

Reached Anderson, South Carolina

We continued three more days heading north on highway A1A along the Florida coast. Just north of Jacksonville we crossed the state border and entered Georgia. Still following the Coast, we reached Savannah, where we started heading northwest. Going inland, the scenery changed and more hills needed to climbed. We found several very nice and quiet county roads, soms of which unpaved. The weather has been quite nice, just one day with rain. Today we crossed a State Border again and Are now in South Carolina.

Forest campsite


Georgia State Border


Sandy Country road


Forest road


South Carolina State Border

Reached Cape Canaveral, Florida

Here's the first post of this adventure's blog. Eight days ago we arrived at our starting point Key West, the southern most point of the United States. It took us just over two days to ride the Florida Keys heritage trail and reach the main land. We made good time despite the strong head wind and high temperature. We visited the first National Park of our list: the Everglades. We have spotted a number of alligators on our trip already. Avoiding the busy Miami, we travelled north, to return to the coast (our first small deviation from the planned route) at Fort Lauderdale. We followed the coastal roads and have now reached as far as Cape Canaveral, where we have just finished a visit to the Kennedy Space Center.

Southern most point.

Everglades National Park.

Fort Lauderdale Atlantic Ocean Boulevard

Rocket Garden Kennedy Space Center