The Casual Hike

I went for a hike to Montgomery Falls with my dog Godfrey for my 57th birthday. The hike to the falls is a little short so we extended it a little by going a half mile or so past the falls to another creek crossing. In all we did a little less than four miles and had to do some scrambling up and down an embankment to see the falls. Nothing too strenuous on an absolutely beautiful fall day. Start s...

We had a great hike today. We went roughly 6 miles, saw a beautiful waterfall, a pretty cool train trestle (I annoyingly keep saying trellis in the video & audio because I couldn't think of the word while recording), and got off track a couple times.  To start I couldn't find the trail head. The trail head is located behind a nature center at the end of the Toccoa Falls parking lot. The t...

It’s been a bit since I went out hiking. Sometimes life gets in the way. I regularly get out and walk around my neighborhood with my dog Godfrey but I’d rather hike out in the forests and mountains of North Georgia. Today we took a short hike of about 3.5 miles from the trailhead to the Chenocetah Memorial Tower and back. It was an easy trail until just before the tower where there is...

I went for a walk around the neighborhood. Nothing fancy just me and my dog Godfrey getting back to an almost daily walk. About 6 months ago I stopped walking him on a daily basis. I don't know why. It just sort of happened. I skipped one day, then the next, and the next, and soon I just didn't bother. It's not good for him and it's not good for me. I decided enough was enough and got back out on...

On June 2, 2022 I hiked the Bull Mountain Loop near Dahlonega Georgia. The hike was more strenuous than I anticipated and it was a long time since I hiked a trail this long. This is the inaugural episode of this podcast. I hope you enjoy the sounds of the trail.