overland – Montie Roland, NPDP

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024

Digital Detox

We had the opportunity to spend the weekend at Troublesome Gap. It was nice to get away and also nice to enjoy camping on a campsite that I had the opportunity to design. The campsite has 100% positive reviews on HipCamp going back to 2022. This has been a fun project that guests enjoy tremendously. Reading the positive reviews and emails from guests is very enjoyable. We really wanted this to be an wonderful place to tent camp, glamp and overland

How to spend the weekend camping on Troublesome Gap

https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/land/north-carolina-troublesome-gap-camping-3xryh1vk/

June 20, 2021June 25, 2021

Overlanding Campsite Update

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020

Building our Campsite / Overland Destination – Morning of Day 1

We’re working on the campground. Join us to see how it looks before the heavy equipment arrives.

Where we started. Thanks John Burwell for mowing the grass and cleaning the shoots off the stumps so we could see where they were. That made things to quicker.

Lot of stumps to remove before the new water lines can go in.

Cool picnic table provided by John Burwell!

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