into the woods

and home again.

spring break

For the past few years, we’ve gone camping and hiking over spring break – several times to the Foster Falls area on the Cumberland Plateau.  This year we changed it up a bit and went to Big South Fork, just a little further west. The spring flowers were really starting to bloom – not surprising [...]

not much, how ’bout you?

It’s about time I ended this blog break!  No reason for not blogging really, just a lack of taking photos and keeping busy. I finished Avocado Cables – my Blanket for Birmingham! It was a lot of fun to knit (although a hot thing to knit during the summer). I hope it will bring some [...]

hello, people!

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been so long since I posted.  I haven’t been any busier than usual and I have been doing fibery stuff, so I really have no excuse.  Just lazy, I guess! Spring is in full swing here, complete with high pollen counts and now yellow/green pine tree pollen blanketing everything.  Last [...]

springtime hike

Yesterday morning we got up so early it was probably illegal and drove to Tullahoma, Tennessee, to hike in the Short Springs Natural Area. The weather was perfect, there was a strong breeze blowing which was great because the temperature was borderline too-hot-to-hike.  Need I remind you that I do not hike in the summertime. [...]

happiest

One of my oldest friends posted on my Facebook wall that I’m happiest in the woods and I think she may be right. We had a wonderful trip to Foster Falls, TN.  I didn’t take pictures of the falls there, but you can see them here if you like. These pictures were taken at Greeter [...]

back from the woods

What a great weekend!  We hiked the Odum Scout Trail, which isn’t very long and is generally rated 5 out of 10 for difficulty, but let me tell you – it was plenty difficult for me!  Considering this was the first time I’ve carried a pack since March, I actually feel pretty good today! Here’s [...]

vacation: the good

Wow!  Thanks for the encouraging words, and thanks especially to those who shared your own vacation woe-stories!  It certainly makes it easier to think that we did the right thing by throwing in the towel on our Frontier House vacation! So…back to the story.  We drove home Tuesday afternoon, ending a 34 hour round trip [...]

Frontier House

Recently I mentioned that I was about to embark on my own version of Frontier House, and that little adventure began last Monday. Memorial Day morning, SB, the boy and I drove to Swan Cabin near the Joyce Kilmer Wilderness area in North Carolina.  We knew the forecast was for 50% chance of rain for the first [...]

It’s springtime in Alabama

Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it.  SB and I went backpacking last weekend – a short trip to the Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve about two and a half hours northwest of Birmingham, in Colbert County.  The Preserve is owned and operated by the Lacefields – a husband/wife team who have been steadily buying up [...]

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