This photo shows Heather Cotton at Enloe Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cotton is now journeying across North Carolina’s Mountains to the Sea Trail, in various segments. Her hike began the weekend of July 4, 2016 with the goal of hiking, biking and paddling more than 1,000 miles across North Carolina by July 4 of this year.
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On Saturday, Heather Cotton will join a team of 20 other paddlers to kayak 200 miles of the Neuse River from the state capital city Raleigh to the town of Oriental, which is also a designated blueways section of the Mountains to the Sea Trail.
She’s worked to create new trails and pathways in Marion and McDowell County. Now, Heather Cotton is hiking, biking and paddling across North Carolina through the Mountains to the Sea Trail.
This photo shows Heather Cotton at Enloe Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Cotton is now journeying across North Carolina’s Mountains to the Sea Trail, in various segments. Her hike began the weekend of July 4, 2016 with the goal of hiking, biking and paddling more than 1,000 miles across North Carolina by July 4 of this year.
On Saturday, Heather Cotton will join a team of 20 other paddlers to kayak 200 miles of the Neuse River from the state capital city Raleigh to the town of Oriental, which is also a designated blueways section of the Mountains to the Sea Trail.
