Dave Miller's Adventures

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 19, 2026

The trail enters the primitive Cane Creek Wildlife Management area surrounded by the Danial Boone National Forest. This section of the 257-mile long Sheltowee Trace Trail descends for over a mile along a beautiful creek which has many large rock slabs. One area has a six-foot waterfall (Photo #3) in a curving rock area reminiscent of Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio. The trail crosses eight tiny stream crossings and then slowly climbs north past two outback campsites until you reach rushing Canes Creek (Photo #6). At one spot you repel down a rope descending large rocks (Photo #5). An old metal bridge takes you across Canes Creek. The trail then wraps around a hill and then you arrive at the thirty-foot falls. The falls (Photo #7) were not as big as usual due to lack of rainfall. Still, it was a beautiful hike and great workout hiking six miles through this thick forest.

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 8, 2026

This .5 mile out and back trail led to the 14-foot-tall Hooker Falls. The falls were quite wide and a shallow plunge pool in the Little River just below the falls created a place for people to get into the water. In fact, a couple of classes from the local elementary pool were taking a dip in the very cold water while we viewed the falls.

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 8, 2026

The trail was a 1.9-mile loop hike which took us past Triple Falls and ascended along Little River through the forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains. About one mile later we came to High Falls, which was wide and awesome, a 125-foot cascading waterfall. We sat on rocks for ten minutes and enjoyed the loud sounds and watery smells of this huge waterfall. Above the Falls we hiked the .2-mile Covered Bridge Trail to the Little River as a covered bridge was built across the top of the Falls. The trail then circled back down the mountain to the parking lot.

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 17, 2026

Near the Enoree River and along Cedar Shoals Creek we hiked a total of 3.8 miles on this thick forest out and back trail. The area was the site of a Revolutionary War battle. The British Camp Trail was just over two miles and had many historic wayside kiosks, ruins of the Musgrove House and the location of a 18^th century ford across the river. The Battlefield Trail took us through the hills and woods where the battle of Musgrove Mill took place on August 19, 1870. Along Cedar Shoals Creek was Horseshoe Falls, with a popular swimming hole just past the falls. On the trail we met four sisters from Nebraska and across the country. This was our third and final hike of the day and we enjoyed a delicious fish dinner at Blue Ocean Seafood Restaurant in Clinton where I enjoyed fresh grouper with okra and Rosie had salmon.

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 17, 2026

After attending church nearby at the small St. Boniface Catholic Church where we witnessed a triple baptism, we headed to the Buncombe Trailhead. The trail was part of the 416-mile trail across the state. The goal is to add another 84 miles of trail that takes it 100% across South Carolina. This trail wound up and down through the thick forest past a campground. A washed-out bridge had us take a secondary horse trail. We ended up hiking a 2.6 section of the trail. I was carrying bear spray although no black bears were sighted.

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 17, 2026

This 1.5-mile natural surface out and back trail passes under a bridge (sort of a small tunnel) and meanders through a field with wildflowers, lots of butterflies, then into lush woods and along Millers Creek. The creek has lots of flat boulders creating a small cascading waterfall.

Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller

Date: May 7, 2026

At the southbound rest area, a quarter mile hiking trail gives drivers the opportunity to really stretch their legs and get revitalized. The trail goes uphill and periodically at the base of various trees are ten wood gnome doors with a QR code created by local high school students. The QR code has information about the tree or about the gnome that lives there.