We try to do at least one a year, but it's simply not enough, and this is the first time in a long time that I can remember all three of us being able to take off together.
I think we all needed it.
From my journal...
03.23.15
Big Frog Wilderness...
Ben, Dad, and I left the house around noon yesterday and made the two hour drive up across the GA/TN border to the Low Gap trailhead. Steady uphill hike, steady rain. Pitched our giant tent at the intersection of the Benton Mackaye Trail. It is such a beautiful morning. Rained all night with water pooling inside the tent. Dad and I have had our coffee and breakfast – Ben is still wrapped up in his sleeping bag like the hungry, hungry caterpillar. We're gonna try to get up Big Frog Mountain today. Hopefully the weather stays like this! We are on a ridge with fog in the valley below us, the sun is shining with the outlines of mountains surrounding us. A light breeze. It feels great to be back out here.
03.26.15
Our last morning in the Big Frog Wilderness. Overcast. Windy and cool. The ash from last night's fire swirls around us as we eat our breakfast. The sun is trying to peek through the clouds and shine through the tree tops. Dad reads out loud from Proverbs and relates it to working at Delta. We are just about out of water, which is perfect since we're heading back and the closest water is straight downhill.
This has been a wonderful trip.
Sometimes you don't realize how much you miss it till your back out in it. Looks like fun - scary, but fun.
ReplyDeleteI know how much your dad needed this getaway !! Great photos and as always...the video was so much fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun and adventure at the same time. I too love camping. I recently went to the camping trip on mountains. It was fabulous.
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