Mon, Mar 7, 2016 There must not have been anything remarkable on the descent from Albert Mountain to Winding Stair Gap and US Route 64 into Franklin.  For reasons I can’t recall I took a few pictures of me waiting along the highway for a ride into town.  Seeing one with a big, wide yellow […]

Sun, Mar 6, 2016 When I awoke, dear Theo was shivering.  I tried to warm him up with vigorous rubbing.  He had probably got separated from his quilt during the night or it didn’t help very much.  I felt bad any night Theo shivered and felt I had not taken proper precautions on his behalf.  […]

Sat, Mar 5, 2016 I don’t have any clear memory of waking at tent-city but surely all routines were in place and observed leading up to an in-tact departure. I went back to the point on the trail where I turned off to enter the campsite and carried on up the hill.  The shorter route […]

Fri, Mar 4, 2016 Resupplied from the Top of Georgia outfitter’s shop, we were back on the trail heading for North Carolina.  More of the same, a brown-grey-blue-and-white day.  White patches in the sky and on the ground – clouds and snow.  Some moderate climbs but mostly a rolling-hills kinda day.  I took my time […]

Well, wouldn’t you know that snow fell upon Top of Georgia that day as I sat and typed by the window wanting to connect with anyone, anywhere in the whole world who would happen to stumble upon my blog. Yea, that’s true of my Turning-Point, post-AT self, the one who’s been way down in there […]

Thu, Mar 3, 2016 I took a zero at the Top of Georgia Hostel.  It would be a good day.  Breakfast was prepared and laid out in the large kitchen section of the great room in the lodge.  I remember asking on arrival if I’d be able to take a bath and was told it […]

Wed, Mar 2, 2016 This must have been truly an uneventful day for I took not a single picture.  I’d been on the trail enough that it’s complete novelty had faded – the woods and hills were pretty much the same – and my goal was simply to get myself to the Top of Georgia […]

Tue, Mar 1, 2016 Up, pack and walk a half mile or so past the feathered ones to the Huddle House for breakfast.  This was the first of this chain I encountered and I’d see more farther north.  I entered and went to a table off to my left, asked about and settled Theo, used […]

Mon, Feb 29, 2016 I didn’t think of it at all on the trail at the time. . .but it was LEAP YEAR! There are customary or fashionable start times in the south adding to the pressure on facilities: March 1st; March 17th (Saint Patty’s Day); April 1st (really!) and, if you’re a superhero, May […]

Well, we finished our morning routine on Poor Mountain and carried on our way in another glorious winter day, cool and dry. The hills I believe were the usual ups and downs but moderate.  The big guys were coming. By late morning, we came to a shelter not too far east of the trail.  We […]