Author Archives: Trail Rocker

The New River is not new at all. In fact, the New River is one of the oldest rivers on earth. The Appalachian Mountains started their rise approximately 300 million years ago and the New River cuts down into rocks that are 330 million years old. The New River is what geologists call an inconsequentContinue reading “New River Gorge”

Today Barbara and I travelled north to the town of Appomattox, Virginia.  For those of you who don’t remember history, this is where General Robert E. Lee, on April 9, 1865, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant.  General Grant walked in, sat down and began writing out the terms to whichContinue reading “Appomattox”

Over the past few days Barbara and I have traveled north from Brunswick, Georgia to Lynchburg, Virginia to the Lynchburg Thousand Trails RV park. If I had to rate this place on first impressions, I’d give it an F. When we arrived yesterday it was raining and the roads in this park are terrible. ThisContinue reading “Lynchburg”

The Southeast Georgia (SEGA) rally begins today, so I walked around the Coastal Georgia RV Park this morning and took photos of the park, wildlife and RV’s. I’ve never seen so many Grand Design (GD) RV’s together in one place before. This is our first GD rally and hopefully won’t be our last.

Since today is our last day at the Oaks RV park I took one last hike around their lake in search of “critters”. I wasn’t disappointed. Take a look!

Yesterday Barbara and I travelled to Savannah for the day. We enjoyed a trolley ride through downtown and then a leisurely ride on the Georgia Queen. This city has a rich history predating the civil war. Notable items in Savannah’s history include slave trading, the cotton industry, General Sherman’s march through the southeast during theContinue reading “Savannah”

My brother got a chance to get out and do some fishing. He and some friends traveled to Bridgeport Lake on the east side of the Sierra’s and were rewarded for their efforts. Take a look!

This morning during my morning hike, as I was scanning the shoreline of the lake that I was walking around, I came across several critters sunbathing. Take a look!

Today Barbara and I traveled to Congaree National Park (NP). This park is named after the Congaree Indians that once inhabited this area. This is a rare old-growth floodplain forest. In 1976 this area became one of our newest national parks encompassing 27,000 acres. This place kind of reminds me of a smaller version ofContinue reading “Congaree National Park”

Today Barbara and I traveled across South Carolina from the west side to the east side. For the next seven days we are staying in the Oaks RV park in Yemassee. It is really quiet here and when hiking along it’s many hiking trails the only sounds I hear are the sounds of nature, mostlyContinue reading “The Oaks”