Southeastern backpacking, camping, climbing, hiking and snowboarding.
Posted in Camping, Hikes, Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2008
Glorious! And no giant bees this time (see earlier post). Unfortunately, we didn’t have the camera, but we’re going back up there next weekend so I’ll add some pics then. We were able to get a great site on the lake and we had the kayak so it was perfect. The lake sites are spacious. [...]
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 Hikes, Uncategorized on Sep 5th, 2008
We recently escaped the southern heat by taking a 10 day trip to the Finger Lakes region of NY. We were able to check out a couple camp spots while we were there and would like to share our experiences. First I’d like to say that if you’ve never visited the NY countryside you are [...]
Posted in Hikes on Jun 10th, 2008
If you live anywhere north of Atlanta and your looking for new hike check out Cartersville’s Pine Log Creek Trail if you haven’t already. Its a 4.5 mile trail with views of Pine Log Mountain and crosses over several footbridges along the way. There are two loops, the east which takes you by an [...]
Fort Mountain State Park
Located in the Chattahoochee National Forest at the southwestern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Fort Mountain sits at the top of a 3,712 acre area along Forest Service Road 68 between Chatsworth and Ellijay in northern Georgia. It is known for a couple a interesting [...]
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 Events in the Southeast, Hikes on May 19th, 2008
For those of you who enjoy hiking in the Dyersburg, Tennessee area will have the opportunity to do more of it while contributing to your community by help the TTA-(a member of the The Southeast Foot Trails Coalition) cut a new trail in the area as well as meet with club members and [...]
Posted in Hikes on May 2nd, 2008
In reference to a previous post on really local spots for hiking and camping near Canton Georgia I mentioned Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge and the benefits of camping right near home. some features that I didn’t mention were some of the networked trails that are located on the grounds that we had [...]
Posted in Hikes on Apr 16th, 2008
Hiking is one outlet we use quite a bit to keep the kids as well as ourselves active but up at CloudlandCanyon where we went again recently there is more to do than just hike if that is not your thing. While we were there we hiked the West Rim Trail, went out and checked [...]
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 [...]
