FNS: Stella's Search for Snow

Here is a collection of photos from our most recent gypsy excursion entitled FNS: Stella's Search for Snow. We started in Alabama trucking our way towards the east coast so that we could arrive in time for new year's eve to whiteness the first sunrise of 2009.

Disclaimer: The series of photos start from the bottom, working their way back up here.

Enjoy!

Reading my book in a hammock before we packed up and head back home.

Fort Mounds. The soldiers hollowed out these mounds (behind JB and Stella) to convert into spaces of storage, refuge, bunks, etc.

dorks

glowing

gun powder

creepy old fort hospital

cannon ball

Fort McAllister

fresh squeezed oranges for our mimosas

celebratory champaign

pop!

home

so sleepy

This is how cowboys make coffee.

the sun creeping in to our camp site

Happy 2009!

JB and Bean

Stella was cold, tired, and cranky

the first sunrise of 2009

stoked

pensive, fire-side

nap time

dancing fire

bambie

Still on our quest, we headed further east and slightly south. We ended up deciding on a place called Fort McAlister State Park.

Stella, did YOU drink the last of the Tennessee whisky?!?

fire

water

there's nothing like slappin your knee to the harmonica

these two trees were hugging one another

crucial

breakin' it down

harmonica break!

Getting to the tops of mountains means long and twisty mountain roads.

Time to head to Georgia. Our next destination was to camp in Blood Mountain (part of the Appalachians), in a place called Vogel.

the grass

good morning, sun

our tent

our car

The next morning frost had covered everything!

big knees, big heart

Yes, Stella had her own sleeping bag.

telling stories

Stella the water dog!

leprechaun Jb

self-timer = awkward poses

"I make you very good deal for my grandmother, she-ah cook for you."

exploring

These beautiful walls were covered in awful graffiti (i.e.- "ICP 4 Lyfe")

petrified

cave masters

spelunking

I helped him up as soon as I got this shot.

Mmm... Still water, mosquito breeding ground? Perhaps.

never satisfied

mountain goat

mountain hiking

JB's turn

All the trees trick one into think they are dead during the winter, but come spring they'll remind us of their beauty.

sitting on the edge of a cliff, Stella wasn't allowed (someone had to take the picture)

After a great deal of twists and turns down old coutnry roads (some still in service, but most were not), we made it to our first night of camping, Buck's Pocket State Park.

The branches seemed to claw at the roof of the barn like a giant's hand.

This was a beautiful old barn that had been taken over by this determined, decaying tree.

the mobility of Rainsville

This pleased the citizens of Rainesville

Rainesville, Alabama

endless pavement

December 27th through Januray 2nd JB, Stella, and I set out for adventure. We got in the car, with minimal preparations, and started driving. Due to our limited intimate knowledge of our bordering neighbors I was eager to visit Alabama, so we set our initial destination for somewhere in North Eastern Alabama.