Throw in fall colours, and there’s no better excuse to get lost in the woods.
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Category Archives: Nature
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: Ballydehob
A nice little town not in any of the tourist books. We only found it because the town we were staying in had so few dining options. It had a nice harbor on the top of Roaringwater Bay north of Baltimore. The highlight was a Roman arched train bridge built in the 1880s, a smaller traditional Irish road bridge, and a park with a tribute to the fox and the hare.
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 