Nice review. That's my backyard. I live in Old Fort and volunteer for the U.S.F.S. I am up there everyday. It's a beautiful area. All the lower sites ( 1-24 )are pay to camp. Then there are the six dispersed sites which are free. Once you pass the last bridge beyond site number six camping is allowed anywhere. I've been volunteering there for seven years. I hosted for two years. It's a hidden Gem. The Gateway trailhead is new. It just opened a few weeks ago. It offers more hiking and biking trails. Lots of parking and pit toilets. Once yo get up to the campground area it is considered a wild trout fishery. Below is stocked. The fishing is excellent . I'm heading up there right now. It's my home away from home.

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Wow, Great information. Thanks for the comment. Truely appreciated !

Have driven along that mountain road several times...true, Dispersed camping is generally always filled up Friday - Sunday. And will have some camping during the week. Glad you showed the terminus with the BRP...I had never driven it all the way to the Parkway.

@GoingNoWhereFast

13 күн бұрын

It's a nice drive and really close to BRP. Not bad at all. Thanks for the comment!

Thank u for sharing

@GoingNoWhereFast

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment

Nice review of camp ground love the video thank you ,for posting keep them. Coming.

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Always my pleasure as long as you watch!! lol

Spectacular drone footage and an Akela sighting, what more do you need for a great video! Thanks for showing us what the campsites look like in that area.

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure! It was a very buggy campground and area until we got up the mountain a bit. But nice during the off season I bet!!

We camped at Black Mountain Campground last Oct. it was wonderful and the camp host was so nice!

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

The times I was there it is a nice campground. But its always been off season. I guess the "Peak Season" people really like it too.....lol

1st! Thanks for taking us along Rick!

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! More to come!

Your Drone footage is FANTASTIC!! Thank you....

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly! Glad you like it. I need to use that more than I have. At the price I have paid for drones and the amount I have used them, that clip probably was worth $300. lol

Drone footage is beautiful. I’m coming , the Mountains are calling❤️

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

HA ha ha... I'm heading that way again myself!

Pretty nice area but as you said, crowded. That's why I like being retired, arrive at a campground on Sunday and they are usually pretty empty until Friday afternoon!

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! Sunday through Thursday are the best days to camp. I like to boondock free camp during the week though, and use reserved camping spots for weekends with facilities. Just have to know the best sites to reserve!

That's a beautiful area. Love all of the small towns around there. Definitely have to watch for ticks. Great drone footage. 🙂👍

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

They had a fire that swept through the underbrush late 2020. It should have cleaned up a lot of the ticks for a few years. But a great area for fall hiking.

@susanstrickland6774

Жыл бұрын

@@GoingNoWhereFast True. Yes, love SC, NC and TN in the fall. 👍

Just subscribed! Like your channel. Been looking for campgrounds to the east, mostly head west, I live in SW Missouri so I tend to go that direction. Just got back from Big Bend NP, Guadalupe NP, White Sands NP and a week tent camping outside of Cloudcroft NM. I went to Lee's McRae college in Banner Elk in 73 and back packed all over Linville Gorge and other places. But now I tent camp out of my car around the country for a week or a month or more at a time. Thanks for reminding me of that neck of the woods! Just planned a trip that direction after watching your video! Take care and have fun.

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

You will be glad you came back! Its the most beautiful part of the country without all the problems of drought, fire, and flash floods. Let us know where you end up and what you think!

@travelswithbenny3328

Жыл бұрын

@@GoingNoWhereFast i will thanks! I think I can get back there between a pre-planned Great Lakes camping trip and a Oregon/Washington beach trip, depends on weather lol

I know I book everything early so that I have a spot. Years ago it wasn't necessary but today its nearly mandatory to camp.

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

It seems to me, the reservable places are filling up fast, but the first come fist serve are still have open spots. This place was full in the reservations, Standing Indian was, but the first come first served had openings, so I look for those places now and have a back up plan in case they are full..lol

Rick, did you bring "Liner" your camper? Did you camp? I mean this incredibly well-named creek area is very beautiful, but I was left wondering where you stayed, because you didn't show your trailer nor a camp. Being a fan of A-frame trailers and dogs, I always like to see both of them when I tune into your channel.

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, not this time. We do a lot of exploring to find the best camping areas. And this was just one of those trips. The last two years the forest service has been closing off the dispersed camped sites with large rocks to keep out RV's and reduce soil and forest damage. So I've been scouting the areas more to find good ones, and this area was really all tenting, no room for the Aliner.

@captaincurt3180

Жыл бұрын

@@GoingNoWhereFast Ah ha! It was a 'recon' mission to the Curtis Creek area! I approve.

The most important question is . . . did they have any sticks? ;)

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

they had a few, but they also had clear, clean, cold water!!

Hey Rick & Wonder Dog Akela I’m starting to share your videos on my Twitters page’s we need to get you to 10,000 and over followers.. T, Buddy

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend! Greatly appreciated.

How much is tent spot can you show more tent spot

@GoingNoWhereFast

Жыл бұрын

The pay sites are all the same, no matter what you camp in.. I think I said in the beginning they were $10, go to the part of the video where I'm parked at the pay station.

@lisaday5275

Жыл бұрын

@@GoingNoWhereFast OK thank you