Mammoth Cave & Smoky Mountains

Started by visiting Mammouth Caves for a day, drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway (stayed in Maggie Valey), hiked in the Smoky Mountains (4D/3N), camped at Indian Creek Campground (Cherokee Indian Reservation) and visited other sites in the NP, finishing in Cades Cove and Knoxville.

Our hike: Round Bottom/Beech Gap Trailhead ➜ Laurel Gap ➜ Tricorner Knob ➜ Pecks Corner ➜ Enloe Creek ➜ Round Bottom.

Loop from Round Bottom/Beech Gap trailheadClick on wikiloc logo to see more details

 

5 days in Morocco

☞ Seville/Andalucia ➜ Marrakesh ➜ Ourika Valley-Les Cascades de Setti-Fatma ➜ Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou‌-Ouarzazate-Kasbah Taourirt ➜ Chicago via Dublin.

Fresh mint tea, Marrakesh, June 2015

Andalucia

23-day trip to Andalucia. We hiked Caminito del Rey just opened after renovation and strolled to Torre del Tajo.

Itinerary

Places were we stayed o/n in orange
Chicago ➜ Malaga  ➜ Cordoba and Granada (by train and bus) ➜ Malaga ➜ El Chorro/Caminito del Rey (by train) ➜ Malaga  (by rental car to Seville) ➜ Setenil de las Bodegas ➜ Ronda ➜ Grazalema ➜ Puerto de las Palomas ➜ Zahara de la Sierra ➜ Ronda ➜ Cueva de la Pileta ➜ Cortes de la Frontera ➜ Parque Natural los Alcornocales ➜ Gaucin ➜ La Linea ➜ ☞ Gibraltar ➜ Tarifa ➜ Bolonia/Baelo Claudia ➜ La Brena y Marismas de Barbate/Torre del Tajo ➜ Cadiz ➜ Jerez de la Frontera ➜ Sanlucar de Barrameda/Parque Nacional de Donana ➜ Seville ➜ ☞ Morocco

Caminito del Rey trail

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Torre del Tajo trail

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Gibraltar

One day visit from ☞ Andalucia – we stayed o/n in La Linea and just walked to Gibraltar.

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