Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Warrior Creek COE, Wilksboro, NC

Warrior Creek COE, Wilkesboro, NC


Arrived Monday morning after a short 30 something mile ride, we first stopped at Ft Hamby a new COE park on the opposite side of the lake and decided we would rather stay at Warrior Creek or Bandits Roost.
It has been extremely hot, hope it changes shortly, a thundershower last night helped.
Lots of trails here, but to hot for mid day.
The Overmountain Victory Trail passes about 300 feet from our campsite and follows the route the the American Patriot army (900) took on their way to defeat the American Loyalist army (1000) at the battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, in the fall of 1780. We walked some of the trail which has seen a few more footsteps since 1780 but we haven't made it to South Carolina yet.

Thursday June 12 We rode over to Boone and visited Jim & Joanne at Vanderpool's Campground. We at lunch at the Mellow Mushroom, http://www.mellowmushroom.com/ and highly recommend this place, the pizza was very good. There calzone would have been a challenge for even Troy to finish.

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