Category: Campsite

The Clouds Below

This trip in the fall of 2022 will lead me on a 14-day hiking tour of northern Georgia, southern Tennessee and a slice of North Carolina. This week: Visiting two equally exciting mountain tops in North Carolina. The first is barely a 500ft hike from the parking area, the other a short, but tough ascent.… Continue reading The Clouds Below

Views, Hiking & Vanlife in Georgia

This trip in the fall of 2022 will lead me on a 14-day tour of northern Georgia, southern Tennessee and a slice of South Carolina. After the first two days with some hurdles and issues, I have arrived in northern Georgia, where I will spend most of my time during this trip, hiking in forests… Continue reading Views, Hiking & Vanlife in Georgia

Georgia Parks and Covered Bridges

This trip in the fall of 2022 will lead me on a 14-day tour of northern Georgia, southern Tennessee and a slice of South Carolina. On these first two days of my trip, I visit several Georgia Parks and Covered Bridges. Ocmulgee National Monument This first day, I’m leaving Florida, driving 7-8 hours to Macon… Continue reading Georgia Parks and Covered Bridges

Made it to Tennessee

This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. Today I’m not driving much with the van, mainly straddling Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. Mink Creek Boat Ramp Came in late last night after everybody headed home and as usual, I had the whole place to… Continue reading Made it to Tennessee

Sweet Alabama

North West Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. U.G. White Mercantile For over a century, farmers, cotton mill workers and businessmen purchased horse drawn plows, cast iron skillets and everything in between at the historic U.G. White Mercantile in Athens, Alabama.… Continue reading Sweet Alabama

Amazing Waterfalls

Northern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. Lots of hiking today, a short trail to a well-visited Kinlock Falls, a longer one to Caney Creek Falls where I had the falls to myself (and Joey). Then there was a Native American… Continue reading Amazing Waterfalls

Taste of Van Living

Northern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. This day is filled with hikes to three different waterfalls of the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama and a quick stop at one of the oldest churches of the state. It’s the heart of… Continue reading Taste of Van Living

Waterfall, Covered Bridges and a Shrine

Northern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. A day full of covered bridges, a secret Shrine and most notably, an impressive waterfall, accessible by a tedious trail. At the end of the day I find a great boondocking spot in the… Continue reading Waterfall, Covered Bridges and a Shrine

Am I A Wimp?

eastern Alabama This trip will lead me on a 14-day tour of eastern Alabama, western Georgia and a slice of Tennessee. Eufaula NWR After quiet night at the Rood Creek Landing campsite, located in the Eufaula NWR in Georgia, I drive a short distance to a part of this wildlife refuge that lies within the… Continue reading Am I A Wimp?