Trail Journals

    Just got back from 3 day kayaking trip through Okee Swamp.  Wonderful trip was had by all.  We stayed at Stephen C Foster park on the west side entrance and paddled out to different areas of the swamp.  We tried to get permit from Wildlife Refuge folks but that got messed up due to little trouble in the booking process.  If you stay at the park, make sure you take all the supplies that you need because the only store for several miles in the state run store in the park.  Not only is the choice of goods limited, the prices also reflect the fact tha

Just hiked the Skyway Loop with two friends this weekend and it was GREAT! I've hiked a few other parts of the Pinhoti, and was very impressed with the variety of terrain and features the loop has to offer. Not to mention the amazing Cheaha Creek sections. Quite a few times I chuckled to myself thinking: "people would pay good money to see this!"

We left Montgomery at 12:45 on Friday and got to Adam's Gap by 2:15. I printed out the Skyway Loop trail guide from the Pinhoti Alliance website, which was most useful for finding the trailhead.

My recent job promotion sparked a case of cabin fever that could not be ignored, so with very little work I convinced a friend and his two teenage sons to go with me at the last minute.  They had been listening to my stories for more than a year now and were ready to take their first trip.  We arrived at High Point trailhead about 3:15 pm and hiked in to Davis Mountain Shelter, arriving at 4:20pm, a good walk.  They had never even seen a trail shelter before today and immediately fell in love with the place while witnessing a perfect sunset.  The shelter was in

amicolola falls: from the bas of the fallsLesley and I spent the last weekend in north georgia testing out some new gear and enjoying some peace ad quiet away from home. it was a short trip and we managed to get out the door with only one minor flaw that corrected itself later. We didn't geta  lot of hiking in but wee did visit several places know for AT famesuch as amicolola and Mountain croossings at neals gap. The people there are really cool.