Rambling Hemlock

Where better to do my first solo backpacking trip than the Chattooga River, the river from the movie "Deliverance"? How better to ...

Two kinds of native irises can be found in Georgia, and we saw both of these on our hike on the Bear Creek trail near Ellijay.  The "dw...

Tree foam looks like bubble bath. There are many reasons to go hiking during the rain: the solitude, wildlife, scents, and vivid col...

Here is a collection of photos of my favorite big trees I've visited in the last few years.  I've also added a few photos of the hik...

Cottony egg sacks of the hemlock adelgid I was up at Mountain Crossings in North Georgia doing Trail Magic with the Trail Dames, full of ...

I moved to Georgia in fall of 2008, not knowing anyone in the whole state. The first Saturday after I moved, I hiked up Blood Mountain with ...

At the Grand Canyon.  Photo by P. Soukup It has become my dream to do a long-distance hike.  I can't precisely pinpoint when this ide...