Interesting Christmas decorations on the trip down to the wedding...I give points for using what's in the yard already. Blakely, GA

Louie yawning while trying to take picture in front of tree!

Louie found his hidden Christmas gift under the back seat...

squeaker bass. He'll forget, & be as surprised in a few days!

I hate Atlanta traffic...anytime...anyday.

Following the fish tank through downtown.

Another beautiful sunrise here!

Louie watching & waiting for squirrels

Caught in the truck!

Steve, his Dad, & Louie head out for the day!

Good Morning!

Sunrise out the front window

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This is the ramp here at the campground...
or as I like to call it, a challenge.
Separates the boys from the men, little room for ramp error.
(Jeep is only half way down the ramp)

Tallulah Gorge State Park

Stop number two on the road trip over the hill and through the woods.It was only $4 to park...then you walk into a great "interpretive center".

Truth, I kinda grab a map and ran...but it had a ton of information regarding the surrounding flora & fauna deal which Steve will enjoy reading. (Come on...after driving I wanted to see the big ditch!)

So, through the center of this center, and out the back door. The path was long...with steps and slope, but still not bad. Closer to a hike than a stroll at the last one.

I only hit one of the overlooks because I wanted to come back with Steve & Louie to hike the rest of the rim trails. Plus, it was creepy by myself walking through the woods. I'm no Emerson...more like Hitchcock or King!

Tuesday roadtrips

(Started the day off at the outlet malls in Commerce, GA...but it was too pretty a day for shopping. I had no focus. Put the top back on the Jeep and went for a drive.)
Toccoa Falls

This was the first place I went to with CSO at Auburn. Had to return to see if it was still there and beautiful. It's an easy stroll up a wide gravel path("100 yards"). Nothing to it at all to get to the falls. "Cherokee word Toccoah means "beautiful"."
Located in Toccoa, GA in the campus of a little college. It's a 186 ft high waterfall, and as you can see flowing pretty well despite the drout in these parts.


Apparently..."Toccoa Falls is the site of the earthen dam which broke on November 6, 1977. Thirty-nine people lost their lives during that tragic event." Wiped out part of the college.

That sucks. Looked up on-line, now no dam so won't happen again. Still pretty place...

Pleiades

Ok...so this should be a photo of a kick butt (what I thought was a) comet, turned out to be a rocket or something for a satellite launch. I ran inside to get the camera...and it was gone. Having put out the effort, I tried to photograph the stars...nailed easy one-Pleiades. :)

Adventure for today:

Mark's alternator went out on his car...

Super Steve to the rescue!

Took the bad one out, Autozone, new one in! That mechanical engineering degree comes in handy once more...

When you don't have the exact tools per say...you get what you have around you. Need a "cheater bar" to put the belts back...don't have one. Kayak paddle same difference (the usual go to promoted to be a tool fishing net handle is up at the bus.) The Auburn engineering mindset pays off too!

After a day of fishing, back at camp

Pretty leaves...

As I was sitting in the bus watching Bassmasters this morning...front of it faces the road...a Santa rides by on a motorcycle. Ok. Glad I had my camera nearby, no one would have believed me! The picture is a little out of focus...but you get the idea.

This morning, launched Steve & Travis
As you can see the birds were going nuts in the opposite direction.
Gotta love focus.

Sunset...yes again. :)

Ok...so yet another sunset photo. It's way too easy here to catch one. Here is a bird(Great Blue Heron) hanging out on the sand bar out back. Bird was just kicking it when I got back from picking up Steve from the boat ramp. Bird did not move until Louie started the screech barking at the squirrels.

Squirrel doing recon

Caught this sucker climbing all over the Jeep hood. Louie was in a trance...unable to bark. I think they are planning to take over the bus! Caught one this morning in the boat. Wonder when the raccoons are stopping by?!

Squirrels, squirrels everywhere

Louie watching out the window

Launched Steve this morning, ran some errands. Got a 10 minute oil change. Back at the camper working. Louie is perched at the window watching the squirrels bounce around right outside, drooling. Squirrel TV. I think I'm going to have to get some birdseed...and a window feeder...make this interesting. :)

We're here!

View from our campsite at sunset

All set up and ready to fish. We are going to spend the next week here at Lake Hartwell pre-fishing for the Classic. It is so cold...think I might catch up on some taxes instead! Louie is in squirrel heaven. He just has to pick a direction and run! :)