Travel Blogs from Hiawassee, United States
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Lake Chatuge, GA and NC
Friday October 3rd, Sat. 4th and Sun. 5th Pulled into a county park in Hiawassee, GA for a couple of days to investigate Lake Chatuge and the surrounding area. We've been told that this is the "Crown Jewel of the TVA (Tenn. Valley Authority)" and ...
Hippies in the hills
Since Andy and I left our beloved Whaley Lake home almost two years ago, I keep going 'on-line' to Google and search for interesting, eco friendly, spiritual, commune, hippy oriented, vision minded places to check out. I have come up with a ...
Mobile Update
Mile 84.1. 16.6 in the snow yest. Stayed warm on v cold nite. Slept in waiting 4 warmer weather 2 thaw my boots. Only six mi 2day? ...
To Zero or not To Zero
Hey there! It's Thursday, March 6th, or my day 7. I did a fairly easy 11 in to Dick's Creek Gap at mile 67.5, and came on in to Cloud9 Hostel, which is an awesome place with a Jacuzzi! There's a nasty front coming in tonight. It's supposed to rain ...
Day 7: Sassafras Gap to Hiawasee, GA
Hey hey! Tonight I'm writin from a warm comfy hotel room in hiawasee, ga! It has been an interesting day. We woke up around 7:30 to cold winds and clouds, quickly pack up camp and 4 of us (Sherlock, tattoos, Mitch, and I) all head for the road. The six ...
Day 8: Hiawasee to Muskrat Creek
Hello! Brr, cold day today! We started the morning in Hiawasee checking out and it took a couple 20 minutes to get a hitch back to the trail. We got in the back of this guys pickup with the flurries coming down. Going 55 on the highway was so cold! ...
Day 5: Cowrock Mtn to Blue Mtn
Hey! I am at Blue Mtn shelter tonight on top of...drumroll... Blue Mtn! Today was 14 miles of tough mtns, and it was pretty taxing. I'm hiking with Tattoo and Sherlock and we were trying to catch up with some others from before, but we seem to have ...
Day 6: Blue Mtn to Sassafras Gap
Good evening all! Good long 12 mile hike from Blue Mtn over a couple tough 1000 to 1500 ft climbs. At Unicoi Gap Dwayne and Linda were doing some glorious trail magic. They had Oreos, chips, pop, biscuits and gravy, and bananas. It was pure power for the ...
Southern Hospitality
The Hawk Mountain Hooligans made it to the Blueberry Patch! It's an organic farm run by a former thru hiker and his wife, some of the nicest people I've ever met! We hiked 3 long days to get here, a 10 mile, 13 ...
Andy"s Big OE
Slept very well and was up and away by 7:30 going very well all day. Not far out came across two big time turkey hunters and showed me how to call a wild turkey. Views from Standing Indian Mt. were great and track excellent. Had lunch at Beech Gap and ...
GA's Brasstown Bald
Georgia's Highpoint comes with a very large parking lot 6/10th of mile from the summit, a $3 parking fee, a $2 shuttle ride to the top (or you can hike), observation deck and a movie! The movie was corny and put someone behind me to sleep, but it ...
Springstream in Hiawassee,Ga
... was a LOT of fun. 40-some Airstream somethings and we met so many great folks. WE drove up to Georgia Mt Park in Hiawassee in a persistant rain on Friday, but it stopped and cleared up just as we arrived. Saturday was shared brunch @ the pavilion and pot ...
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