The Slow and Steady Hiker

12/30/2025

Bethel Springs Preserve Alabama Land Trust

12/29/2025

Hike at Bethel Springs Nature Preserve, AL

12/28/2025

Pisgah Citivan Park

11/24/2025

11/24/2025

11/22/2025

Cumberland Falls, The Niagara of the South

11/06/2025

Bald River Falls

11/02/2025

The elder trees were calling so I took a drive up to Robbinsville, Norton Carolina to speak to the trees at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. First I stopped at Yellow Creek Falls past Lake Santeetlah. This is a very short hike all along the creek with a lovely mid sized waterfall. At Joyce Kilmer most of the trees have lost their foliage allowing for an inspection of the old growth forest undergrowth in full sunlight.

10/28/2025

10/06/2025

The second hike this weekend was on a private preserve called Just Love Forest. We hiked to the top of Bhakti Summit on the property for a tour of the green burial grounds. Josh our guide is a knowledgeable young man who is an expert forager and can tell you about all the edible plants and mushrooms. I just don't know how he keeps all the names in his head. He has found previously thought to be extinct plants including a type of Hawthorne off the path on the way to the summit.

10/06/2025

This weekend I did something different for me because I usually hike on my own but instead I joined a guided hike at Panola Mountain State Park.. like Arabia mountain and Stone mountain Panola is a granite outcropping called a pluton but it can only be accessed through a ranger led hike due to the preservation efforts at the park. The hike was a few miles with two wonderful rangers. Elijah led the hike and was very knowledgeable (we are also in the same master naturalist certification course). I really enjoyed learning about the park history, the geology and the various plants and trees.