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Teresa's Daily diary of Teresa and Andrew's travels. This blog is targeted at a general audience who is interested in our day-to-day happenings. As the traveling slowed down, so did the blog entries.
January 2006 - Posts
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We have packed the truck with our road bikes and stuff we are taking to Colorado, our stuff that is going on the trip with us and the additional stuff we are storing in Birmingham. We left Atlanta and got to Birmingham in time to meet Anita and Phil for Read More...
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While in Atlanta, we toured the Sweetwater Brewery. We've toured a few breweries while traveling, and plan to tour more, we felt we should really tour one in our own backyard while we are here. Read More...
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We're spending several days in Atlanta installing and formatting hard drives, updating our website, running errands and visiting friends. The Adventures of T & A will continue shortly.... Read More...
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Again, the traps are empty. It looks like I won't be skinning an animal on this trip. They suggested if we found a fresh road kill animal I could pick it up for practice, but that picking up road kill required a permit in some states. I'd be able to salt Read More...
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Don checked our traps this morning but they were empty. One of the things I wanted to do while here was to have some hands on experience skinning and cleaning an animal. Maybe tomorrow. We all went up river in the canoes to do some tracking and set traps Read More...
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We went out in the morning to check the trap at the pond, but it was gone. It looked like someone may have cut the wire holding the trap to a stake. We looked around to see if we could tell what happened. If a person came by and cut the wire to the trap, Read More...
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Colbert went out to check his fish traps while Andrew and I got our gear back in place after our backpack. The traps are empty. Andrew helped Colbert set up a solar panel that he'd gotten some time ago but never installed. He wants the solar panel to Read More...
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We got an early start to catch the morning ferry off the island. The beach access to Stafford Campground was flooded and impassible, so we took the Parellel Trail, an inland trail, south to another access road and hiked out to the beach. While hiking Read More...
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We hiked the remaining 4 miles to Stafford Beach Campground, the one closest to the ferry dock to leave the island. We hiked through beautiful live oaks forest. We stopped at one really majestic tree, maybe 30 feet around. Both Colbert and Andrew climbed Read More...
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A beautiful morning on Half Moon Bluff. We attempted to cook cornbread on the camp stove without any oil... the results were not good. However, clam shells worked well to scrub the burnt bottom of the pot. Before leaving, we left a note on Carol's gate, Read More...
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Woke up early and got our backpacks ready. We had coffee and breakfast at the Riverside Cafe and caught the 9am ferry. We saw porpoise playing in the wake of the boat. Andrew contacted Carol Ruckdeschel , a friend who lives on the island researching sea Read More...
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We took much of the morning packing our gear for our trip to Cumberland Island. Andrew and I are driving our truck with Colbert and Don in the back. Don's dog is staying with Ann while we are gone. We camped in the parking lot across from the ferry dock. Read More...
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Cold and windy morning, some folks are moving on today. The Asheville group are off to Tampa and Derrik is going back to South Carolina. Colbert, Don, Andrew and I are discussing a trip to Cumberland Island off the coast of St Mary's, GA and the Hostel Read More...
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The camp woke with Don clucking like a chicken. The morning revealed that another animal, either a raccoon or owl, had eaten the best parts of the chicken. Colbert joked that he should have set a trap at the bottom of the tree to catch another critter. Read More...
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The camp packed up for canoe trip, Sturgeon's Fish Camp style. All 8 of us loaded up Colbert's big truck, an antique International army truck with a camper on back. This truck is so big, four of us sat in the front bench seat! The truck also has a steel Read More...
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Andrew and I started our morning with a canoe trip up the flooded road out to where the river was running to wash up in the cold water. Colbert, Don, Andrew and I went into town to do some "Urban Foraging", a.k.a. dumpster diving. On the way into town, Read More...
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We had a pretty lazy first day at Colbert's place. Everyone had their own projects they were working on. Colbert took me and Andrew up the river to his other cabin he's been working on for years only accessible by boat. It's up on stilts about 5 feet Read More...
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We set an alarm to get out early before the hunters got started. We stopped at the Georgia Welcome Center at the state line and napped for another hour or so. We had our coffee, tea and breakfast on the tailgate and then headed to see our friend Colbert Read More...
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A chilly morning with a beautiful sunrise and birds singing. Woodpeckers are everywhere. We hiked out south to loop around past an old rock bridge and then back to our truck for lunch. After lunch, we hiked out to see what the other campsites looked like Read More...
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It was very windy last night at Three Rivers, but the wind has died down this morning. We can see the sun beginning to turn the sky red-orange in the east. *POW* Huh? What was that? *POW* *POW* Gunshots? Is there hunting close by? *POW* *POW* *POW* *POW* Read More...
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A beautiful morning in the woods. As we drove out this time the road was clear of water, but the surrounding areas were still quite wet. We saw a picnic area on the Blackwater River that was completely underwater earlier. We headed east on I-10 to Ponce Read More...
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We've really enjoyed playing with all the critters, but we have to go. Mike took us for a short tour of Daphne and Fairhope, AL. We visited a beautiful Greek Orthodox church with lots of paintings and carvings. We went into Fairhope and to a cute waterfront Read More...
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A beautiful foggy morning on the river. As we're relaxing over breakfast, we notice helicopters flying in circles overhead. As we left, we stopped at the Blackwater River State Park to dump the trash we collected and talk to the ranger for a minute. He Read More...
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The sun is finally shining and we got our bikes out for a ride. We rode a few miles into the city of Grayton Beach to run a few errands, at a hardware store and a bike shop. Our total ride was maybe ten miles. We got back, packed up and stopped at the Read More...
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We slept well, our first night of camping. The camper fan worked well to keep us cool, but I wish we could lose the gnats. Andrew decided on the start of the New Year to shave off his goatee! I liked his "beardel" (as his grandmother Evelyn calls it) Read More...
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Gautam and Donna are heading back to Atlanta and leave us with perishable food they can't take. Andrew and I went into St Joseph's Peninsula Campground, right next to Cape San Blas. We spoke to the ranger at the office and found out that some of the parks Read More...
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