Tsali

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| Anyone have any local info or pics besides the tourist pages found by Google? Thinking about
| stopping there on my way to the Outer Banks in August. Local info on camping would be great too.

Before hitting the trail, stop at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. Full bike shop, rafting, canoeing,
etc shop and a great little restaurant (have the Sherpa Rice) too boot. The whole area is an outdoor
fun Nexus with whitewater rafting, the Appalachian trail, Tsali, Lake Fontana (where they shot the
movie "Nell"😉 the Great Smoky Mountain Railway (where they shot the movie "The Fugitive"😉 and all in
striking distance of touristy stuff like Cherokee NC and Gatlinburg TN.

Outer Banks? What Outer Banks? (granted, from a NC perspective, the Tsali area is about as far from
the banks as you can get.)

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"ctg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| Anyone have any local info or pics besides the tourist pages found by Google? Thinking about
| stopping there on my way to the Outer Banks in August. Local info on camping would be great too.

Before hitting the trail, stop at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. Full bike shop, rafting, canoeing,
etc shop and a great little restaurant (have the Sherpa Rice) too boot. The whole area is an
outdoor fun Nexus with whitewater rafting, the Appalachian trail, Tsali, Lake Fontana (where they
shot the movie "Nell"😉 the Great Smoky Mountain Railway (where they shot

the

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movie "The Fugitive"😉 and all in striking distance of touristy stuff like Cherokee NC and
Gatlinburg TN.

Outer Banks? What Outer Banks? (granted, from a NC perspective, the Tsali area is about as far
from the banks as you can get.)

Yeah, after further consideration I may set aside Tsali for now and make that another trip. Now it's
looking more like I might be stopping somewhere in VA, maybe around Richmond. I change my mind
quick, lol. Thanks for the tips though.

Chris

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"ctg" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| Anyone have any local info or pics besides the tourist pages found by Google? Thinking about
| stopping there on my way to the Outer Banks in August. Local info on camping would be great
| too.

Before hitting the trail, stop at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. Full

bike

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shop, rafting, canoeing, etc shop and a great little restaurant (have

the

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Sherpa Rice) too boot. The whole area is an outdoor fun Nexus with whitewater rafting, the
Appalachian trail, Tsali, Lake Fontana (where

they

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shot the movie "Nell"😉 the Great Smoky Mountain Railway (where they shot

the

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movie "The Fugitive"😉 and all in striking distance of touristy stuff

like

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Cherokee NC and Gatlinburg TN.

Outer Banks? What Outer Banks? (granted, from a NC perspective, the

Tsali

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area is about as far from the banks as you can get.)

Yeah, after further consideration I may set aside Tsali for now and make that another trip. Now
it's looking more like I might be stopping

somewhere

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in VA, maybe around Richmond. I change my mind quick, lol. Thanks for the tips though.

Chris

Richmond isn't Tsali but we have some excellent trails here. Let me know when you'll be in town an
maybe I can arrange a tour. You can camp at Pocahontas State Park which has 9 miles of some very
nice singletrack in it. dcr.state.va.uspocahont.htmOpen ↗

The website doesn't mention the MTB trails though. (gotta do something about that.)

Mike

There is a NFS campground about 1/10 mile from the trailhead, first-come, first-serve. Fagedaboutit
on holiday weekends. Turkey Creek campgroun is about a mile before the park entrance and it's
pretty good. More than one shower at least, which is what NFS provides. There's another NFS
campgrount about 10 miles past the Tsali entrance which has no showers or flush toilets, but should
be less crowded.

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Richmond isn't Tsali but we have some excellent trails here. Let me know when you'll be in town an
maybe I can arrange a tour. You can camp at Pocahontas State Park which has 9 miles of some very
nice singletrack in

it.

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dcr.state.va.uspocahont.htmOpen ↗

The website doesn't mention the MTB trails though. (gotta do something about that.)

Mike

Thanks Mike,

If I do decide to stop there I'll let you know. It will probably be the weekend of August 9th.
Thanks for the info.

Chris

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Richmond isn't Tsali but we have some excellent trails here. Let me

know

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when you'll be in town an maybe I can arrange a tour. You can camp at Pocahontas State Park
which has 9 miles of some very nice singletrack in

it.

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dcr.state.va.uspocahont.htmOpen ↗

The website doesn't mention the MTB trails though. (gotta do something about that.)

Mike

Thanks Mike,

If I do decide to stop there I'll let you know. It will probably be the weekend of August 9th.
Thanks for the info.

Chris

I'll be at the Massanutten Hoo Haa races near Harrisonburg that weekend. If you come on Friday I'll
be good but if not maybe Mr. Harlow can take up tour guide duty.

Mike