OffBeat Pathfinder Basecamp

Pro move: chase them back! But they always win.

Not gonna lie, came for the whisky but stayed for the legends. Heard about the haunted chapel at Kildalton, took a stroll past midnight. Can’t say I saw any monks, but the ruins felt chilly even with a flask in my pocket. The salmon at Ballygrant Inn, though? That’s a spiritual experience.

Started in Asheville, wound my way down the Blue Ridge Parkway to Brevard—nearly stopped every mile for a waterfall or an overlook.


Pisgah Forest is *massive*. Got lapped by a group of mountain bikers on Black Mountain Trail. Ended up at the Brevard Music Center by accident (long story, short ...