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MOON HANDBOOKS NORTH CAROLINA I MOON HANDBOOKS NORTH CAROLINA PilotMountainStatePark Moon Handbooks North Carolina ii Moon Handbooks North Carolina iii (VIRGINIA I ^..Danville | Roanoke ~W 2L^i^^d5lf!2 ^X^-Elizabeth i Reidsville ^» Henderson f£ Ci^Hertford. HMIsbo-ough^/ GVREENISSBBOROORO^f ^H!y Chapel^Pu^harn^ y Hin jjr jds*— 1^?Lakc Sanford i-*- NORTH CAROLINA 'CarolinaBeach Cap*Fear MAP SYMBOLS ^==- Divided Highway m o U.S. Interstate • State Capital "«= o Primary Road U.S. Highway City/Town Secondary Road o State Highway * Point of Interest Unpaved Road X Airport • Accommodation State Boundary State Park Restaurant/Bar Trail A Mountain Other Location ^ Waterfall A Campground _ Swamp * SkiArea -*•• I MOON HANDBOOK S( NORTH CAROLINA SECOND EDITION MIKE SIGALAS ft AVA LO N TRAVEL MoonHandbooksNorthCarolina SecondEdition Pleasesendallcomments,corrections, additions,amendments,andcritiquesto: MikeSigalas MoonHandbooksNorthCarolina AvalonTravelPublishing AvalonTravelPublishing AnImprintof 140065thStreet,Suite250 AvalonPublishingGroup,Inc. Emeryville,CA94608USA Text©2003byMikeSigalas. email:[email protected] www.moon.com Allrightsreserved. Illustrationsandmaps©2003by AvalonTravelPublishing,Inc. Allrightsreserved. PrintingHi—story 1stedition —1999 Photosandsomeillustrationsareusedbypermission 2ndedition January2003 andarethepropertyoftheiroriginalcopyrightowners. 5432 ISBN: 1-56691-383-7 ISSN: 1540-3831 Editor:KevinMcLain SeriesManager:ErinVanRheenen CopyEditor:EmilyMcManus GraphicsCoordinators:MelissaSherowski,ErikaHowsare ProductionCoordinators:AlvaroVillanueva,DarrenAlessi,JacobGoolkasian Layout:LauraVanderPloeg CoverDesigner: KariGim InteriorDesigners:AmberPirker,AlvaroVillanueva,KellyPendragon MapEditors:NaomiAdlerDancis,OliviaSolis Cartographers:LandisBennett,MikeMorgenfeld,NaomiAdlerDancis Indexer:JudyHunt Frontcoverphoto:©E.Poggenphol/FOLIO DistributedbyPublishersGroupWest PrintedintheUnitedStatesbyMalloy,Inc. MoonHandbooksandtheMoonHandbookslogoarepropertyofAvalonTravelPublishing,a divisionofAvalonPublishingGroup.Allothermarksandlogosdepictedarethepropertyofthe originalowners. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybetranslatedorreproducedinanyform,except briefextractsbyareviewerforthepurposeofareview,withoutwrittenpermissionofthecopy- rightowner. Althougheveryeffortwasmadetoensurethattheinformationwascorrectatthetimeofgoing topress,theauthorandpublisherdonotassumeandherebydisclaimanyliabilitytoanyparty foranylossordamagecausedbyerrors,omissions,oranypotentialtraveldisruptiondueto labororfinancialdifficulty,whethersucherrorsoromissionsresultfromnegligence,accident, oranyothercause. About the Author Mike Sigalas MikeSigalas'sexplorationsofNorth Tenne Carolinabeganinboyhood,whenhe playedinSmokyMountainstreams, Nor+hc reenacted CivilWarbattleswith his siblingsinnearbypastures,andvisit- edthehomesofhischildhoodheroes, DavyCrockettandAndrewJohnson. EVATIC Later, as a college student visiting ' - smoky Great SmokyMountains National ParkonSpringBreak,heawokeone morningin his freezingsteel-walled utilityvantofindhimselfsnowedinat the Smokemont Campground. On warmer days, Mike and his wife Kristin climbed mountain peaks, hiked to waterfalls, and rafted the Nantahala.Nowafather,Mikeachievesnewfeats,suchashikingtothetopofClingmans Domewhilepushingaheftytwo-year-oldinastroller. Mike'sprofessionalwritingcareerbeganprovidentiallyin 1987,whilehewasworking asasteamboatpilotandJungleCruiseguideatDisneyland.Anoff-dutyFrontierlandpop- cornvendorslammedintoMike's1970Novacoupeintheemployees'parkinglot.Mike pounded out thedent himselfand used the insurance moneyto buyhis firstword processor,a$350Amstrad.Onthis,hetappedouthisfirstpublishedwriting,support- inghimselfallthewhileinavarietyofoccupations,includingbloodbankdistributionspe- cialist,college-townrocksinger,newspaperandmagazineeditor,andsurf-bandroadie. MoonHandbooksNorthCarolinawaswrittentotherhythmofclinkingcupsinvar- iousLowcountrycoffeehouses,tothecreakingofaceilingfaninastickyupstairsroom, andtothesteadydrumbeatofatoddler'sfistsonanofficedoor.Asticklerforauthenticity, Mikeconsumedonlyhickory-smokedbarbecue,sweettea,andNewBern-bornPepsi-Cola asheworked.HeisalsotheauthorofMoonHandbooksCoastalCarolinas,MoonHand- booksSouthCarolina,MoonHandbooksCharleston&Savannah,andtheco-authorof MoonHandbooksSmokyMountains. ForKristin
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