Filed under: A Present Peace, Fall and Winter in the Mountains, Hiking Through Northeast Georgia
I have to consider this often: if I were to move back to the city, I would not have views like this one at my finger tips or rather, at the end of my camera lens.
Filed under: Fall and Winter in the Mountains, Hiking Through Northeast Georgia, Paw Prints
Cocoa is ready to go on a walk and not wanting to sit with me on this very slanted rock. We were at Black Mountain this past weekend and hiked a trail that is always fun in the winter because it is fairly kept up and safe. She’s talking to me in this photo and definitely saying, “Let me down and let’s GO!”
Here’s a photo of Black Mountain Lake. It’s located below the state park that is closed during the winter and is a beautiful location for walks and picnics.
Filed under: Fall and Winter in the Mountains
The sign says, “Hike your own hike.” I hope this is what I will be able to do at some point this weekend even with a little rain in the picture.
Filed under: Fall and Winter in the Mountains, Hiking Through Northeast Georgia, Paw Prints
Normally Sliding Rock, Brevard, North Carolina, would be full of activity, but this is not the way it is in the winter. Swimmers or “sliders” climb to the top of this slick rock located deep within the Pisgah National Forest and fly along its surface for a splash landing in the spring fed pool below.
Cocoa remembered earlier visits to the park and wanted to give it a try, but I told her, “No swimming this time of the year.”
Filed under: Fall and Winter in the Mountains
Point Park on top of Lookout Mountain is beautiful and usually you can see the Tennessee River and the city of Chattanooga beyond these canons, but that was not true this past weekend. The mist was thick. Still, I walked down to the overlook just to see this awesome view.
The park was built in 1905 to commemorate the Civil War “Battle Above the Clouds.” Most of the actual fighting took place on the mountainside and not in the vicinity of the park. Carter Stevenson, commander of the three brigades that defended the area positioned canons atop Lookout Mountain to aid in it’s defense. Once the canons became ineffective, they were withdrawn.
The park has numerous monuments to the soldiers who died in the area. The battle for Chattanooga changed the outcome of the Civil War. It was the beginning of the end for the South. The next spring Sherman used Chattanooga for his base as he started his march to Atlanta and then on to the sea.
