So we have been itching to get out of the house and Emily and I were wanting to stay away from as many people as possible. We had tossed around the idea of running the Daniel Boone Backcountry Byway and camping along the way, or heading to vermont and chillin in the mountains, or possibly just heading west as far as we could get for a bit. Well, I had looked at the Backcountry Discovery Routes a few years ago, but they were all out west. Low and behold last year they released a Mid Atlantic version. (they are currently developing a Southeast version). I downloaded the map and started taking a look at what it would include and if it was possible in a 10 day vacation.
The map:
https://ridebdr.com/mabdr/
The route is free to download, and there are a number of trip reports detailing camping and sites to see along the way. It was all double track at least, this BDR had no single track/ATV trails on it so I figured we should be good. I spent a few nights going over the details and we worked up a plan and food list. We were going to attempt to not by anything but gas and ice for 10 days in the backcountry of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
We left on Friday June 26 after work and headed to camp on Old NC 105 on the side of Linville Gorge in North Carolina.
It started out a little wet right out of the gate.
The map:
https://ridebdr.com/mabdr/
The route is free to download, and there are a number of trip reports detailing camping and sites to see along the way. It was all double track at least, this BDR had no single track/ATV trails on it so I figured we should be good. I spent a few nights going over the details and we worked up a plan and food list. We were going to attempt to not by anything but gas and ice for 10 days in the backcountry of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
We left on Friday June 26 after work and headed to camp on Old NC 105 on the side of Linville Gorge in North Carolina.
It started out a little wet right out of the gate.