Throw in fall colours, and there’s no better excuse to get lost in the woods.
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Category Archives: Hiking
Pine Log Creek Trail
A nice 5 mile double-loop walk through the woods north of Lake Allatoona in the northeast Georgia mountains. The trail begins East of Rydal in Bartow County. The information sign at the trail head says the area is filled with history: The trail head was apparently once the location of a massive Cherokee town that was home to numerous Cherokee chieftains and was visited by Spanish explorer De Soto in 1570.
The payoff is a beautiful, crystal-clear quarry lake. It’s an oddly small quarry (and not very deep) but it is built into the side of a mountain and offers great views and rock climbing.
“Western” (?) Ireland: Cashel
We were supposed to go to Cork today, but it was so darn crowded we jumped on the M and went up to Cashel instead. The Rock of Cashel is beautiful and as expected, but the ruins of the Hore Abbey, a former Benedictine Abbey that is both well preserved and available to run through, was the highlight. So what if it was Central Ireland.
The town of Cashel from the Rock.
Western Ireland: Baltimore’s Beacon
A stone beacon looking out over the Celtic Sea south of Baltimore, erected by the British around 1800. Nice views at sunset.
Looking down from the beacon back towards the town of Baltimore.
Lou Whiteman 