magical wonderland
No, I’m not talking about Disney … despite our recent whirlwind. No, I’m talking about Arabia Mountain. We’ve “hiked” this DeKalb County Park outcrop a few times in past years but have returned twice in the past month. Chloe gets bored. Camille generally is unreceptive to being out of doors and hiking. But they both
instagram: sunday morning on arabia mountain
Today, not only did the girls and I get in a nice hike at Arabia Mountain, but Camille also helped me straighten out my Instagram issues. Hopefully, I’ll start using it a little more now!!
photo friday: florence marina state park
A few weeks ago, we packed up Evie for a weekend trip and headed to Florence Marina State Park along the Chattahoochee where it is Lake George/Eufaula and separates Alabama and Georgia. To get there, we crossed into Alabama and then back into Georgia, and I had no idea what time it was all weekend
photo friday: Providence Canyon State Park
“We’re not in Georgia anymore.” Had I not known better, I would have agreed. As it was, we were still in Georgia, in the canyons of Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area. The canyons, formed by “poor farming practices during the 1800’s”, reveal the hidden beauty of the underground layers. The trails down to the
photo friday: Little White House
A couple weekends ago, we camped for two freezing nights at FDR State Park, just south of Atlanta. While there, we visited Callaway Gardens, but even more interesting was our time at the “Little White House”. Until last month, I had no idea, really, that FDR spent time in Georgia and certainly didn’t realize that
photo friday: fdr state park
I can just hear the comedy sketch that must take place every time someone decided to make this parking lot at F.D. Roosevelt State Park as a meeting point. A couple weeks ago, we packed up Evie, our VW PopTop, and headed south of Atlanta to F.D. Roosevelt State Park for a weekend of sub-freezing
sub-freezing camping
We’ve been camping in sub-freezing temps before — at LEAF, in Jackson, WY. But this weekend was the first time that water froze to a solid block. Our gallon jugs froze and even the spigot at our site froze. Silly me, I had SCOFFED at the steady trickle (not drip) of the faucet at the
photo friday: corn maze
Despite the chaos that comes with moving, downsizing, a big release at work and a child starting school for the first time ever, we managed to make it up to north Georgia for our annual corn maze outing with my mom. This time, both my dad and Rob came along with us as well. And,
Photo Friday: House in the Woods
This past week, the girls and I made a *very* fast roadtrip up to the DC suburbs; the entire trip was under 60 hours, with at least 25 of those being spent in the car. The motivation? To attend the One Voice Rocks! concert in Gaithersburg. What made the trip even more special was that
Out West Trip: Day 12 (Grand Canyon, AZ)
Today’s Highlights: Explored the south rim of the Grand Canyon, Rob hiked the Bright Angel Trail, Gwyneth and the girls watched the sunset. We slept in a little bit, then had a quick breakfast before walking over to the shuttle bus to the rim shuttle bus. We spent the entire morning riding the bus, walking
Out West Trip: Day 11 (Mesa Verde, CO to Grand Canyon, AZ)
Today’s Highlights: Navajo Pizza at Twin Rocks Cafe in Bluff, Utah, driving off-road to see Mexican Hat, making up names for the rocks in Monument Valley, seeing the Grand Canyon! We got up around 7am and cooked breakfast with the “oldest” food from the cooler, then packed up and said goodbye to Mesa Verde. Instead
Out West Trip: Day 10 (Holbrook, AZ to Mesa Verde, CO)
Today’s Highlights: Standing in four states all at the same time, climbing down a ladder into a kiva in a cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde, finally getting to make smores. The sun rose *very* early because of MST. I worked for a bit while Rob and the girls got pancakes and eggs from the KOA
Out West Trip: Day 9 (Silver City, NM to Holbrook, AZ)
Today’s Highlights: Exploring a catwalk high over a river, walking on a swinging bridge, looking at 225 million year old trees, entering Mountain STANDARD Time. We got up later than we had hoped and tried to quickly get ready to head out the the Catwalk National Recreation Trail. The drive up was a little slow.
Out West Trip: Day 8 (Silver City, NM)
Today’s Highlights: Climbed up to the Gila Cliff Dwellings, watched a lizard eat a centipede, found a Hawaii license plate. We slept in a little in the morning and then decided to have the KOA breakfast. It was still quite windy, so our plates and napkins kept trying to fly away. We headed out of
Out West Trip: Day 7 (Carrizozo, NM to Silver City, NM)
Today’s Highlights: Waiting 1.25 hours at a train crossing, seeing 1000 year old petroglyphs, sledding on the dunes at White Sands. After an easy breakfast, we hit the road. On the way to Alamogordo, we decided to take a short detour to see some 1000 year old petroglyphs at Three Rivers. We had to wait
Out West Trip: Day 5 (Carlsbad, NM)
Today’s Highlights: A tortoise trying to eat corn at the Living Desert Zoo, Carlsbad Caverns, seeing a wildfire across the lake I woke up as the sun rose to work. Despite record high temperatures during the day (hitting 100), the morning was frigid. I wore my heavy fleece with the hood up and was still
Photo Friday: Union Square in NYC
Last week while we were in NYC for Kindiefest, we had a late flight out on Monday, so we had a full day to wander around and take in the sights. After our trip to the top of the Empire State Building, I decided to surprise the girls with a trip to Forbidden Planet on
Central Park Ramblings
After we left the Guggenheim Museum on Friday, we debated going back the way we came to the subway versus walking across the street to Central Park. We decided to make a quick visit to the park before hitting the subway. However, once we were in the park, we didn’t want to leave; we modified
Photo Friday: What a Name!
Last weekend, we staye at Indian Springs State Park which is located in the unfortunately named Butts County. Fortunately, it appears that the residents of the county take the name in stride! This is an entry for Delicious Baby’s Photo Friday.
Camping: Indian Springs State Park
I admit, it is a long stretch to call what we did this weekend “camping”. The girls and I joined friends for a few days at a cottage at Indian Springs State Park, which may be the oldest state park in the nation. The park is just about an hour from “the perimeter” in Atlanta,
GBK Gwyneth
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