Category Archives: Georgia State Parks

TGGEQ Update No. 8 – On the Road Again

It’s been a long hot summer and I haven’t spent much time caching, at least not here in Georgia.  I managed to log 30 caches during mine and Jenna’s trip to Yellowstone National Park in July and a couple each … Continue reading

Posted in A.H. Stephens State Park, Earth Cache, Earthcache, Geocaching, GeoQuest, Georgia State Parks, Geotour, Indian Springs State Park | Leave a comment

TGGEQ Update No. 6 – Collect All Four

Plans change. I had all intentions of heading down to southwest Georgia to log several of the TGGEQ caches more or less located along the state line between Georgia and Alabama.  However, weather forecasts, up to and including Saturday morning, … Continue reading

Posted in Day Hike, Day Trip, Dowdell's Knob, Earth Cache, Earthcache, FDR State Park, Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park, Geocaching, GeoQuest, Georgia State Parks, Geotour, Little White House, Meriwether County, Meriwether County Georgia, Pine Mountain, Pine Mountain Trail, Virtual Cache | 2 Comments

The Great Georgia EarthCache Quest – Update No. 2 – Maybe I Need to Rethink This Just a Bit

Maybe I should rethink this quest just a bit. No, I’m not going to scale it back and no, I’m not quitting…definitely not quitting, well, barring some catastrophic event anyway.  Even then, if I can find a way, I’ll get … Continue reading

Posted in Camping, Day Hike, Day Trip, Don Carter State Park, Earth Cache, Earthcache, Geocaching, GeoQuest, Georgia, Georgia State Parks, Geotour, Virtual Cache, Vogel State Park, Walasi-Yi, Young Harris, Young Harris College | 2 Comments

The Great Georgia EarthCache Quest – Update No. 1 – Plotting, Planning and a Few Random Caches

(Logo Creds:  Jenna Davenport) As much as I enjoy adventures whose general plan is ‘let’s wing it and see what happens’, I also like adventures that take a bit of planning.  I like the pouring over maps to seeing where … Continue reading

Posted in Chattahoochee Bend, Chattahoochee Bend State Park, Day Hike, Earth Cache, Earthcache, Geocaching, GeoQuest, Georgia, Georgia State Parks, Red, Red Top Mountain State Park | 5 Comments

The Great Georgia Earth Cache Quest

(Logo creds:  Jenna Davenport) At least it started out as The Great Georgia Earthcache Quest…it evolved just a little. OK, here’s the deal.  Last week I started looking at my geocaching stats and noticed that out of the 93 Earth … Continue reading

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True Grit

Labor Day Weekend, 2017…Ashley decided to head down to Hollywood, Florida to visit with Austin so Cooper the grandpup was spending the weekend with us. Flagler College doesn’t take Labor Day off so Jenna didn’t come home for the weekend. … Continue reading

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The Adventurous Adventures of Lil Henz II: Chattahoochee Bend Edition

I got a wild hair to take the day off from work. I don’t typically just take a random day off but we were looking at a long weekend for the Memorial Day holiday so I decided to stretch it … Continue reading

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The Adventurous Adventures of Lil Henz II and Cooper the Pup: Pine Mountain Trail Edition

(Title and Photo Creds: Jenna Davenport) I’ve been trying to plan a spring backpacking trip on the Pine Mountain Trail for me and Jenna for a couple of months now. Ideally we’d try to go when the weather is cool … Continue reading

Posted in Day Hike, Day Trip, FDR State Park, Flagler College, Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park, Geocaching, Georgia State Parks, Hiking, Pine Mountain, Pine Mountain Trail | 1 Comment

I Ain’t As Good As I Once Was…

“I ain’t as good as I once was, I’ve got a few years on me now…“ The line from Toby Keith’s song As Good As I Once Was is resonating kinda loudly with me right now. I spent the weekend … Continue reading

Posted in Backpacking, FDR State Park, Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park, Georgia, Georgia State Parks, Pine Mountain Trail | 3 Comments

Oh the Places You’ll Go!

Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! Once again I found myself struggling for a title. More often than not, I have a title for a blog entry in mind as I start … Continue reading

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