Our Weekend Wanderings

A lesson we are (not so) quickly learning as time goes by is to start the day out early. I think we're passed the clubs and 4am bed times, we're passed all the drinking until we can't see straight, we're passed the things that would shorten our years on this planet and we're onto embracing the beauty we have available to us. With that new found world appreciation and the realization that we aren't 21 anymore, we try to go places and really live in the moment when we're there. On this particular morning we set our sights on 'sunrise on a beach' with no definite destination in mind but Direction:South. We woke up around 5am on a Saturday, drove for an hour or so south, and stopped at an empty giant parking lot in Longboat Key, Sarasota. Our "just drive" directional senses must be stellar by this point because the location was perfect. We could see storms raining down in the light of the sunrise, and hear the waves crashing on a rocky...

Place: Providence Canyon State Park Lumpkin, Georgia Destination: First available camp site along a 7 mile loop (we walk until we find one)  Length: 3 days, 2 nights Mission: Get the gear through the canyon floor, up the silty river, and up the foothills... with enough water for sustainable life (no reliable water sources) Status: Successful completion minus car troubles Ranking: 7/10 Here's the story about our  Memorial Day Weekend 2017 I feel like there's a growing interest in camping, hiking, and backpacking in an attempt to get away from society and technology and get lost in your own little escape from the norm with an opportunity to discover something in you that you didn't quite know existed. So being the ever-aging somewhat crazy woman I am, I got to planning a backpacking/camping trip to a canyon area in Georgia (which is beautiful and unique by the way). I haven't camped in years and years and neither has my husband and most o...