Showing posts with label Hiking Backpacking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hiking Backpacking. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Drought in the Southeast















To show the extent of the drought in the southest is, I've posted a couple of pictures from former hiking trips. The top picture are from Savage Falls in 2005. The third picture is the same place taken last week. Below is Greeter Falls in 2004 and again last week.



Sunday, November 4, 2007

Savage Gulf Backpacking Trip




This past week, my brother and I spent a couple of days hiking in the South Cumberland area of Tennessee. As always, time in the woods is a good thing. For those whom Robert is trying to convince of how difficult things were on Thursday night, he's probably telling you the truth. Email me and I'll confirm things.

I have a much better understanding of water shortages now. I've hiked all of these trails before, and all of the waterfalls are dry or practically dry. Even with a water filter, finding drinking water required at least one hike out to a ranger station. In a couple of days, I'll try to add some pictures showing how low water levels were. In the mean time, there is a link to the right that will show you all the pictures I took.