Georgia
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Chattahoochee River Hikes: Vickery Creek Trail in Roswell
More Details: Chattahoochee River Hikes: Vickery Creek Trail in RoswellRight by old town Roswell, a few miles outside of Atlanta‘s “perimeter” (an interstate highway that rings the city), is the Vickery Creek Trail. There are about 7 miles worth of trails in this pocket of nature in the middle of Roswell. A portion of the trails are near the creek (also named Big Creek)…
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How Can You See Atlanta’s Carpet of Green? Pine Mountain!
More Details: How Can You See Atlanta’s Carpet of Green? Pine Mountain!Atlanta is known for its crazy traffic and challenging airport. But it is also known for the carpet of green that covers the city far and wide. A week ago (or so), I was looking for a new hike not too far from the city and new to me. Thankfully, we are not lacking for…
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In-and-Out: Brunswick in Coastal Georgia
More Details: In-and-Out: Brunswick in Coastal GeorgiaWhile many of my travels allow me to spend time in a city or country for a long enough time, sometimes that is not the case. And that is usually when I go on business trips. It has been quite common for me to travel for long periods of time with work but, especially in…
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2015 – A Year in Review
More Details: 2015 – A Year in Review2015 is almost over and it is time for the year in review which, I think, is an exercise not just in writing but in re-living the many blessings the year bestowed on me. Here it goes and share with me some of the travels in your 2015! In the city of brotherly love –…
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A Hike in Tallulah Gorge State Park
More Details: A Hike in Tallulah Gorge State ParkTallulah Gorge State Park is located pretty much in the northeast corner of the state of Georgia. The park centers around the Tallulah Gorge around the – guess what- Tallulah River. The river starts in North Carolina and eventually makes its way to the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean. It has a series of…
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Sope Creek: A Hike, a Creek, and an Old Mill
More Details: Sope Creek: A Hike, a Creek, and an Old MillI was looking for another spot in Atlanta to hike while also hitting some waterway AND hitting history after having enjoyed going to Sweetwater Creek and to Island Ford (on the Chattahoochee River). Tall order, huh? NOT in Atlanta! Plenty of spots along creeks and rivers to find great hiking and reminders of the life…
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Chattahoochee River Hikes: Island Ford
More Details: Chattahoochee River Hikes: Island FordAtlanta is well known for traffic, a massive airport, CNN, Coca-Cola, conventions, and Gone with the Wind. It seems almost cliche-ish when defined in these terms and I can certainly understand that these form or inform people’s image of the South’s “Gate City,” as it was known in the mid 19th century. What local residents…
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The Spared Town in Georgia: Madison
More Details: The Spared Town in Georgia: MadisonMadison, Georgia is a town not terribly far from Atlanta. Just about an hour east of the city, it offers a different view on the South than Atlanta or towns north may offer. Madison, founded on 1807 (a couple of decades before Atlanta), was spared destruction as the Northern armies moved towards the Atlantic coast…
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A Fall Outing that Helps Keep the Doctor Away?
More Details: A Fall Outing that Helps Keep the Doctor Away?Fall is here and it is time for lots of good things: cooler temperatures, awesome colors of the trees as they move to winter “mode”, and apple picking! I was invited by friend to join them in taking their young daughters for a fun outing of apple picking about an hour or so north of…
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Right in My Hometown… Atlanta – What to See
More Details: Right in My Hometown… Atlanta – What to SeeSomeone suggested on a blog I read that reading a blog about a place written by a local can be better for a visitor than a blog about the place written by a visitor. I agree that a local can give a unique perspective though I still like hearing a visitor’s perspective about a place. …