The Mountains-to-Sea hiking trail runs from Clingmans Dome in Tennessee/North Carolina to the Outer Banks. Not yet completed, it is 530 miles long AND runs right past my neighborhood. For my run today, I ran a little portion of it along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

the view from the bridge on my Blue Ridge Parkway run
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the side rail I wouldn’t mind being a little higher when I’m on foot
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a narrow spot on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail; my wife hates it when the grass brushes her legs
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Bridge #2 on today’s run; The French Broad River from the Blue Ridge Parkway
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We hope to get out on the French Broad River soon!