by Cathy Gray | Jun 5, 2023 | Adventures, Camping, Gear
Are you ready to hit the great outdoors with your 4 legged best friend? Camping with dogs can be a wonderful and bonding experience, but it requires some preparation and planning. You want to make sure that your dog is comfortable, safe, and happy during your camping...
by Cathy Gray | Jul 5, 2022 | Adventures, By Activity, By Location, Georgia, Hiking
North Georgia has over 100 waterfalls, and a good chunk of them are within 25 miles of Dahlonega. These are the ones on public land that you can actually get to. A heads up: mountain roads make everything take longer than the map suggests, and water levels make a real...
by Cathy Gray | Jun 18, 2022 | Adventures, By Activity, By Location, Georgia, Hiking
I’ve never done a night him up or down a mountain or into or out of a trail so this trek down Stone Mountain at night is all new to me. I covered the full Stone Mountain experience in this post about the daytime hike. More Georgia trips are in the adventure section....
by Cathy Gray | Jun 18, 2022 | Adventures, By Activity, By Location, Georgia, Kayaking
This is another weekday outing, the day after Stone Mountain. This kayak trip was planned a few weeks ago, but canceled because of storms that evening. At the start there was a small storm that passed over us. We waited it out and it prevented us going up one of the...
by Cathy Gray | Jun 16, 2022 | Adventures, By Activity, By Location, Georgia, Hiking
Sometimes it’s good to go during the week instead of waiting till the weekend. I got invited to Stone Mountain yesterday after work. I met up with everybody and I was actually on time this time, go me. Before I went I was undecided if I wanted to take Sam with...
by Cathy Gray | May 24, 2022 | Adventures, By Activity, By Location, Georgia, Hiking
My Trip Down the Chestatee River Details Over the weekend, we camped out near Helen, GA. We launched our kayaks at Appalachian Outfitters in Dahlonega, GA for a six mile section of the river. I have a sit-on kayak and Chuck has a sit-in kayak. (He had gone a few...