As many of you have read, we had a fantastic stay in North Carolina. When we weren’t out on adventures hiking, and/or exploring, we were at “home.” While we stayed in Hendersonville, our home base was a cute house on what is called White Squirrel Hill. Staying here, I had no… Continue reading
After we explored the DuPont State Forest with its miles of hills, valleys, falls and mountains, it is safe to say that the Nomads were hungry. We had no meat defrosted back at home base and we did not want to wait long to eat. We collectively brainstormed on what type of… Continue reading
Since before Christmas, our Nomad family has been staying in the mountain town of Hendersonville, NC. If you’re not familiar with Hendersonville, let me give you a little rundown. It’s on the smaller side with a population just over 13,000; located in Western North Carolina, about half an hour south of… Continue reading
Birthdays are a big deal in the Nomad household. All activities and requests center around the birthday celebrated Nomad. This year, our eldest Nomad son Noah, decided that he wanted sushi for lunch. So Mama Nomad, our resident research guru, got on track and found, what seemed to be, a… Continue reading
What does The Last Of The Mohicans & The Hunger Games have in common? This was a question we sent out through our various social media outlets on January 17th. The answer was location. The location? DuPont State Forest. And we, of course, had to explore it. The official name is… Continue reading
What is over 178,000 square feet, has over 250 rooms, 33 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, 65 fireplaces, a seven story formal dining room, is the largest house in the United States and was the one destination that Mama Nomad asked for as a Christmas present? That would be the awe-inspiring Biltmore… Continue reading
Nestled on a side road, not far from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina you will find a quaint little building with an unassuming sign out front and a small parking lot. If you blinked, you would miss it. And if you missed it, you would miss a fantastic piece of happiness… Continue reading
In each place that we move to, without exception, we find new and unique sights to see, things to do and places to explore. Each place commonly has a mix of well-recognized and visited places as well as less known and less visited places. One thing that Mama Nomad and I have… Continue reading
Mandy and I went back to downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina to explore a small pub looking establishment that caught my eye when we first explored downtown. It is called Black Rose Public House. The Black Rose Public House is a pub style restaurant that serves Irish, Scottish and English type… Continue reading
It is cold, rainy and windy. Let’s go hiking! Sounds like a great plan, right? Well, as true adventurers, we not only decided to go hiking, we set out to conquer the highest mountain peak East of the Mississippi. This was our journey to and up to the peak of… Continue reading
