[at-l] NC

[Greg Brown]

Jacksonville isn't too bad.  The base is the largest employer so it is
certainly a Marine town.  You will not be far from Wilmington to the South.
If you really want to get away you can always drive up to Davis, NC and
either take a ferry to the South Core Banks or kayak if you are feeling
strong (it is along kayak ride, trust me).  Once on the Core Banks you can
camp and hike, the island is totally uninhabited except for some fishermen
(no permanent residents).

There are not a whole lot of hiking trails out that was I'm sorry to say.
You will be quite a ways away from the AT too.

Further north there are a few good trials, if you enjoy being swarmed by
blood-sucking mosquitoes (and watch out taking cool dips in the ponds, we
have gators in places you just wouldn't think).

There are great things about Coastal NC that I'm sure you will grow to
enjoy, but hiking isn't a huge draw in the area.

Greg

On 1/4/07, r3d head <atr3dhead at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well I meant "my" woods lol. The drive to the AT from here in western KY
> is
> kinda long :p  I can be in Erwin TN in 6.5 hours from Jacksonville - which
> I
> never heard of either til Shannon got stationed at Camp Leguene - which is
> in Jacksonville :)
>
> Red
>
>
>
> On 1/3/07, Slyatpct at aol.com <Slyatpct at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >  In a message dated 1/3/2007 5:31:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > atr3dhead at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > So looks like I'll be moving to Jacksonville, NC around the end of next
> > month. Any listers in the area? I'm anxious to get back into the woods!
> >
> >  -------------------------------
> >
> > You'll be much closer to the beach than the mountains.  Woods?  Don't
> know
> > but, it's gotta beat Atlanta!
> >
> > Sly
> >
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