Lynn said she wanted to go to Paris... so I took her there... // Paris Mountain State Park
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- When you think of SC face it... you don't usually think of hiking. Beaches maybe. Seafood maybe... but hiking... not usually. Most folks don't even know that SC has a mountain region and very few know that it is chock full of great hikes. And which SC state park has the most hiking? That would be Paris Mountain State Park... by a mile... actually maybe 50 miles.
This week we take you with us as we scratch the surface of the hikes available at this small, rustic CCC campground and state park.
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Chapter/Segments:
00:00 What It's Like To Really Camp
06:41 Lake Placid Loop Trail Hike
12:12 Griddled Breakfast Quesadillas
16:44 Paris Mountain's Lake Placid
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When people tell me they could never live in a van, I tell them the we don't "live" in the van....we travel & sleep in the van.....we "live" outside. Love your videos....my husband would tell you I have mastered relaxing....LOL.
We like living outside too. It is hard for us to relax but we keep trying.
Love the song “these old shoes” really the song and the music!!! What a breakfast!!! Mmmmmmmm !! Beautiful scenery!!! As always BS & BK & BC !!
Thanks Larry, that breakfast was awesome… you should give it a try.
Beautiful photography and music. Very idyllic. Happy Tails.❤❤
Thank you so much! We appreciate your comment.
What a great "shoe" song! Loved it and the breakfast tortilla, too! 🙂
Thanks so much, we appreciate you watching.
Excellent video! Thank you for taking us along!
You are so welcome and thank you for following along.
Thanks for the vlog guys 👍
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You are so welcome and thank you for watching.
Another great video. Keep ‘em coming.
Thank you, we appreciate you watching.
I had no idea you were such a gifted musician until I heard the old shoes song and saw that you were the artist! Wow.. so talented!!
Thank you, that means so much.
I love that song! Thanks for sharing. I hope you are safe from Ian.
We are safe from Ian, no harm here in the Mtn’s of NC. I hope you are safe as well.
Loved the music Owen. Another enjoyable video!
Thank you so much, we appreciate you watching.
another great video! the shots are great, you are an artist for sure! I love the song! and we have to try that breakfast.. looks so good! thank you for sharing. Bonne journée!
The breakfast is worth a try… it was delicious.
Breakfast looked delicious!
It was soooo good, worth a try.
Beautiful stone work! Like the words to your song, These Old Shoes.
I agree, the stone work was awesome and even more amazing that it was all done by hand.
Happy for you enjoying the Ekko, even better, it’s your Ekko! LOL😊 Looks like Paris is a great place to visit. Happy tails and safe travels. 👍🙋🏼♀️🐕❤️
This is only Paris I’ve been to and it was a great place to visit.
I live in Greenville…always hiking in Paris Mountain. In the Fall every Sat afternoon they have Music In the Woods. The camping there is great when you realize you are only 15 min. From downtown Greenville.
You live in a wonderful place…. It’s one of our favorites.
We enjoyed your Paris Mnt. experience and chilling. Having lived near Table Rock and spent time and enjoyed our time there we will have to visit Paris Mnt. Thanks for your perspective on camping.😀😀
We love Table Rock too, we are planning a trip there this fall. Glad you enjoyed our take on Paris Mountain.
Great video.
Thank you!
That was so funny when you thought there was another Ekko in the park and it was yours! Lol! I laughed with that one. 😂😂
Glad we made you laugh. I had to even laugh at myself… kind of looney.
Yummmmm ! I’m gonna make that. The drone footage is fabulous. I’m near Paris Mountain and I’m going there Tuesday ( after Memorial Day, ha)
I’m thinking a little cinnamon on those bananas? Jam or jelly? Throw in some granola? Endless possibilities! Great idea! We love CCC parks. Have stayed in a couple in Tennessee. Cumberland Mountain is amazing. Put it on your list if you haven’t been there.
You are right the possibilities are endless, thanks for your suggestions, we will give them try. We will add Cumberland Mountain to our list, thanks.
Beautiful park. Loved the part about Lynn thinking the Ekko was someone else’s. lol
I did feel a little crazy after we realized it was our Ekko… but we both had a good laugh.
Another great video! I loved the end, beautiful drone shots!
Thank you so much we appreciate you watching.
Your video composition and editing plus great sound track are awesome. The ending drone montage I thought at first was a movie ad trailer. A serene way to start a Sunday morning.
Thank you so much for your kind comment, it is very much appreciated.
Sure got a kick out of Lynn seeing that other Echo! We’re gonna try those yummy tortilla sandwiches. May try ham, eggs & cheese too. Good video! We made it to VA & will be wandering around the Carolinas the next couple weeks in our Revel. If you’re around & care to meet up, let us know!
I think ham and eggs is a great idea for the tortilla, we will have to try that too. We would love to meet up but we are having to stay close to home right now due to family.
I never thought about putting peanut butter, nutella and fruit on a tortilla. That's a great idea! That's hilarious about the other Ekko! :)
The tortilla was delicious and worth a try. That other Ekko was really nice 😁.
Great video guys pleasure to watch your travels , hopefully me in 5 years cheers stay safe out there .
Thank you. We appreciate you watching.
You do such a great job with these videos! I enjoy the music and the beautiful scenery. We have a Travato and love the mountains, too.
Thank you so much for the kind comment… it is much appreciated.
Great video! Beautiful scenery. It was being at Paris Mountain. Great see something made in the griddle. The Quesadilla. I’m going to try and make that. It looked pretty good! Have a great week and happy tails to you as well!
The quesadilla was great and worth a try.
LOL, the Echo was an Echo. I’ve done that. And that wrap looked awesome. But breakfast inevitably requires whip cream.
We’re off to see fall color in a few days. Wish you could join us. Summer was too short.
I agree Summer was to short, but we are looking forward to some cooler weather. I guess we need to start packing whip cream.
Enjoyed the video and your song, These Old Shoes. NIce. BTW, recently camped at Anastasia SP and used your tip for parking off Riberia Street. Thanks.
Glad you were able to use the parking tip. Hope you had a great time at Anastasia SP and St Augustine.
I thought this was the Paris and I could say our home base is just south in the Athens area. Oh, one of the other Paris. Enjoyed watching. At the moment, we're in the Smoky Mountain region of North Carolina and will follow up on some of your suggestions.
Have fun in the Smoky Mountain’s…. It’s one of our favorites. Safe travels.
You guys are too funny
HaHa!!! We don’t mind being funny… it’s a fun way to be.
You do such a great job with your videos!!! Love watching along. I saw an EKKO last weekend in Crested Butte, CO and thought about y’all! 😊
Thanks for thinking of us, we would like to be in CO, it’s one of the states we have never visited and really look forward to visiting.
South Carolina is a lovely state. Paris Mountain was a good choice. Looking forward to more. Great drone shots, Owen! Freya loved all the Maggie clips, too! Was she filming a little? And I always love your music. Thought of you during the hurricane, hope you were unaffected. Peace & Prayers.
We were unaffected by the hurricane, I hope you were too. Yes, Maggie was doing some filming on this one. Peace and Prayers to you my friend.
Yay! We’ve been to Paris Mtn! (We were at Keeowee Toxaway) I love the camps built by the CCCs! My Granddaddy was in the CCCs in NC, so it always makes me proud to experience and benefit from their work. I love sitting out in the cool fall weather. Owen sounded a bit like Elvis singing the Bear Song. I couldn’t do 8 miles, but .8 is doable. 😉❤ Loved the Shoes song! Love y’all so much. Have a great week! Jane from SC❤🙏🏻
You should be very proud of your grandfather, the work the CCC’s did in that time is pretty amazing. This park was a shining example of that. I agree .8 is a lot more doable than 8 miles. Much Love!
That Lake Placid trail looks nice to hike in. Maggie looked like she loved it. I love that song about shoes. Was that Owen? It sounded like him. He’s got a great voice!
The song was written and sung by Owen. I agree he has a great voice.
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He should be a professional singer. And dong written. His song writing is great too!
I’ve gotten turned around in a campground before and didn’t recognize my own camper too 😂
Now I don’t feel so bad knowing I’m not the only one. I will say the campground was not very big, which makes it worse.
My husband and I both have very comfortable Merrills
Good to hear. Even though the song is older we both still have Merrills that we wear.
That breakfast really look good, My wife was trying to figure out what you sprinkled on the peanut butter.
We put chia seeds on the peanut butter, they have a lot of nutritional value, pretty amazing.
Thank you for the trip to “Paris” Owen, Lynn and Maggie! Beautiful there! Be safe and enjoy life. 🥰🙏💕
You are so welcome and thank you for joining us this week.
I'm like you, I can't relax. I always feel like I have to be doing something. Been retired a year and still trying to figure out how to relax.
We both can relate to being able to relax. We keep working on it… it’s still hard.
Loved the video! Thanks for taking me along! Breakfast looked scrumptious! Puppy kisses for Maggie.
Thank you, and yes the breakfast was yummy, it is worth a try.
When it comes to food, John has his whipped cream, and Owen has his happy dance. 🍧🍦
You are so right… however I would love to see John’s happy dance.
Yay! You are in our neck of the woods! We have seen people walk across the top of the dam through the water. We like Merrill shoes too!!! Thanks for sharing!
The top part of the dam was roped off… but I did want to walk across it. Thanks for watching.
Come to Huntington Beach, CA anytime!
I do hope we are able to come back to Huntington Beach, CA really soon.
Very nice state park to explore. Love Maggie gets in the water every time she gets so adorable 🥰🥰🥰🙏🏻
Maggie does love the water and she has to have a drink everywhere she goes. Thanks for watching.
Maggie got a lot of smelling of more then roses in.
She always does. That is her thing for sure.
Those breakfast burritos looked scrumptious! My Dad always said, “Brown is done, Black is burnt” 😂 that looked done to me....yummy crunch! ❤ Mike said we need to do that next time we go!
Your dad was right, the tortilla was brown which made it good and crunchy. It is worth a try and there are so many ways you can make it your own.
What a beautiful video taken by the drone ! What kind of drone did you buy ? Please show us can you can how to use it. Thanks
We use a DJI mini two drone. However, there are so many restrictions on where you can use a drone we don’t use it as much as we like. We will try to include how we use it in an upcoming video.
There’s ALWAYS room for whipped cream!
You sounded better than Lyle Lovett on that song, Owen.
We love Lyle Lovett… don’t give Owen the big head.
What a beautiful park; can’t wait to see the rest of it next week. I’ve never made a quesadilla like that before; looks like an absolutely yummy way to start the day. A nice finishing touch might be a dollop of Noosa plain (or vanilla) yogurt on top for me. I see lots of experiments coming up this Winter lol.
Take care, safe travels, stay well and hugs for sweet Maggie.
The quesadilla we delicious and so many different options to make it your own. Thanks so much for following along. We appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Another wonderful adventure! However, I don't see Owen's music link?
I have him add the music link. Thanks for watching.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle Love the songs on your recordings! I would like to use them in editing into my travel videos. Do I purchase selections from bandcamp? Thanks.
@@markgoben2812 Purchase is an optional word... they are setup as Name Your Own price, which most choose free and we're OK with that. Bandcamp is the only place all the music is available. Thanks for loving it. Owen
Park looked amazing with some nice hiking trails. We finally got some cooler weather down south and adventurered out on a 5 mile hike...we even came across one of those wild corndog patches but someone beat us to the corndogs...Happy Trails 🐕
Someone else must have thought you could eat those corn dogs too. We are really enjoying this cooler weather too, it is good hiking weather. Thanks for for watching.
Hey Lynn, what was the brown stuff you sprinkled? Looked absolutely delish!!!!
The brown stuff was chia seeds. Those things are great, I think I need to make them again.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle thank you
I was thinking bacon, eggs and some hash browns, then toast it?
That sounds good, we’ll have to give it a try. So many possibilities.
I really like your videos. But one suggestion, please! Please don't blast the music so loud when you transition from the speaking portions to the activity montages with music in the background. You go from peacefully talking and me enjoying what you say and laughing along with you (regarding seeing "another" Ekko, lol), to me having to scramble for the volume down button.
So sorry, Owen tries real hard to balance the sound… we will look into that. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle No worries! He does a great job on the videos! I'm sure it's easier said than done, too. I think I'm just scarred from so many other creators' videos that blast the intro music so loud. And I'm old, so that doesn't help, lol. "If it's too loud, you're too old", as they say, lol.
I'm shopping/researching RVs right now and I always enjoy your videos. They are peaceful and informative, and they put me in a good mood. I think that's why the loud music that one time threw me for a loop! It was such a contrast from the usual. :)
Thanks again for your great content, and don't worry, I'll keep watching. :)
Owen,Just wondering what hiking shoes you prefer?
I tend to lean towards comfort. For the last year I've been wearing Hoka waterproof hiking shoes. They are below the ankle shoes with a ton of cushion and support. I tend to want lightweight and comfortable vs rock scrambling support since we usually have Maggie and that seems to work for the places she can go. And I can wear as everyday shoes if needed so it cuts down on what we have to travel with and pack.
@@VANTREKKINGlifestyle Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question. Love the videos you guys put out. Excellent photography and content.
I think you need new microphones. Thanks!
Thanks for letting us know.