Southeastern backpacking, camping, climbing, hiking and snowboarding.
Posted in Backpacking, Events in the Southeast, Hikes on Sep 9th, 2008
We went down to Anna Maria Island during Hurricane Gustav last week. For those who are not familiar with the area, it’s in Manatee County, Fl just north of Sarasota. The water there is usually very calm and clear. These pictures were taken the Sunday before it hit Louisiana. As you can see, the kids [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Jun 2nd, 2008
If it seems like I’m partial to this area, its probably because I am. The Joyce Kilmer area is one of my favorite spots for outdoor activities in the southeast . It offers hiking, backpacking, and camping in addition to the many other activities and water sports that you can enjoy with the nearby Lake [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Events in the Southeast, Uncategorized on May 1st, 2008
Beginning August 5th, 2008, Karl Meltzer will be taking on the insane feat of running, thats right running the length of the Appalachian Trail. Starting at the northern terminus at Mt. Kathadin in Maine all the way to Springer Mountain in Georgia in less than 47 days.
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Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Apr 8th, 2008
We ended up getting something like two inches of rain on Friday and more through Saturday as spring continues to roll in. In spite of the tornado watches in effect it was time to hit the next leg of the A.T and it was a great weekend for backpacking. The rain did [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Mar 3rd, 2008
Okay, I did the next small leg of the A.T. yesterday from Springer Mountain parking lot. I got up there late and wanted to make it at least to Three Forks. It was 420pm when I actually started on the trail. The weather as predicted by local news was perfect. I was reminded of [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Events in the Southeast, Hikes on Mar 1st, 2008
Backpackers and others interested in the outdoors, hiking and camping in the south or those who may even have aspirations of joining the nearly 10,000 others who have hiked the AT. and its 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine should check out the workshop being hosted by professionals and outdoor gear retailers and discussions backpacking [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Feb 25th, 2008
Quite often when we ask friends or family to go hiking with us, I am reminded of a certain point in time when they didn’t like me very much. You see a few years back as we were camping up in the Slickrock Wilderness in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest area I invited them on a [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Hikes on Feb 25th, 2008
Not that anyone is listening but I managed to get some time to hike the second leg of my plan to section hike as much of the A.T. as possible while still keeping my job and my family. I tried to wait for some decent weather before heading back to Springer Mountain like I [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Feb 3rd, 2008
I had one of the best day hikes I have had in a good while. The weather was ridiculously mild for February 2! Of course, I forgot my camera again. I was actually thinking it wouldn’t be that great for pictures but was way off. It was actually very clear and the sky was plenty [...]
Posted in Backpacking, Camping, Hikes on Feb 2nd, 2008
I am beginning another round of section hikes today starting back at Amicalola Falls and the beginning of the A.T.. Although I would have liked to go snowboarding it wasn’t meant to be. By the way, is it just me because it seems as though everyone and I mean everyone (Looking your way Middle [...]
