Tales From The Wood Booger

Friday, March 5, 2021

Winter Ice '20-21 & Some Before

Every year I do a Winter Wildflowers blog, and while I thought about not doing one I went ahead anyway. I realized when I was putting together the Wildflower blog I had more pictures of icicles, so why not a blog. This will be my first icicles blog, but it will also feature other forms of Winter Ice. I also decided that since this is the first I will include some from years past, but most (like first & last) are from Roan Mountain. So, here is some of my favorite slices of Winter Ice...enjoy!

Roan Mountain, Cherokee-Pisgah NF

TN-143: 01-20-2018

Frozen Stream on Appalachian Trail (AT): 01-20-2018

AT: 01-20-2018

TN-143: 01-20-2018

TN-143: 01-29-2020

TN-143: 12-09-2020

Frozen Stream on AT: 12-09-2020

AT on Jane Bald: 12-09-2020

TN-143: 12-09-2020

FS-130: 02-04-2021

AT: 02-04-2021

TN-143: 02-04-2021

Cherokee National Forest

Pete's Branch Falls:11-13-2019

AT @ Temple Hill Gap: 02-29-2020

Margarette Falls Trail: 12-19-2020

Bullen Hollow Trail: 01-30-2021

Deer Pond: 01-30-2021

Bullen Hollow Trail: 01-30-2021

Laurel Run Park, Hawkins County, TN

Laurel Run Falls: 01-22-2019

Kiner Falls: 01-22-2019

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

AT Near Mt. Kephart: 02-28-2016

Middle Prong Trail: 12-30-2017

Indian Flat Falls: 12-30-2017

AT Near Mt. Kephart: 03-22-2018

Alum Cave Trail: 11-23-2018

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Winter Wildflowers '20-21

It is the first of March and that means, to me, the start of Spring and more importantly to this blog the end of Winter. So, it is time for the annual Winter Wildflowers 20-21.

Like a lot of things this past year (& the start of this one) I almost canceled this blog because there just weren't a lot of wildflowers. But I did have a cool Mountain Angelica frozen on Roan Mountain (cover), which was really cool. Anyway, I decided to go ahead with the Winter Wildflower blog...enjoy!

Rogersville, TN (12-02-2020)

Northern Lights Pansy

White & Purple Pansy

Yellow Red Wing Pansy

Margarette Falls Trail, Cherokee NF (12-19-2020)

Shining Clubmoss

Roan Mountain, Pisgah NF (02-04-2021)

Frozen Mountain Angelica

The Cabin, Ft, Blackmore, VA (02-24-2021)

Field Speedwell (also below)

St. Clair, TN (02-28-2021)

Monday, March 1, 2021

An AT 'Crown Jewel' Of Guides Is A 70-Year Old Trail Capsule

I have written before about my love for old Appalachian Trail (AT) Guide like I talked about in May and August. However, recently I found one of the "Crown Jewel" of old books when I procured a copy of Guide to the Appalachian Trail in the Southern Appalachians.

Before they were split into separate books the Tennessee-North Carolina and North Carolina-Georgia Guides were under one umbrella covering the Southern Appalachians. The one I acquired was a third edition published in 1950. That makes the book over 70 years old!

The Guide was split into NC-GA (L) & TN-NC (R).

The 1950s third edition!

The AT was only 13 years old when this volume was published and the first thru-hike happened only two years before by Earl Shaffer. Just think the second thru-hike by Gene Espy and the first one southbound by Chester Dziengielewski happened a year after this guide came out. So the trail they experienced is in this book. That AT is different that is for sure. While a lot of changes have happened to the AT in seven decades the biggest of these in Georgia was the Southern Terminus was still on Mt. Oglethorpe. In the Tennessee section, the trail had not yet been routed over the Roans. The maps in this volume show this.

Map One: The National Forest in the Southern Appalachians.

Map Two: Map of AT in Carolina Mtn. Club Section.

Map Three: Route of AT in Georgia.

The book needed a little TLC, especially on the maps. While it had them all there were some worn spots and one map was detached. I used tape, but not the ordinary kind. No, I got a special book repair tape, which is acid-free and doesn't damage the book.

The Bone Folder, Tape & how it was applied.

Besides repairs, I also needed a place to store it so a got a wood box. To decorate it I added an AT logo on the outside and a replica of an early AT metal trail sign on the inside.

You can just look at the book and see it exudes history it is special...

The box with acid backing in box & AT sign.

Inside the Completed Box & Outside (B).

Tales From The Wood Booger

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Friday, March 5, 2021

Winter Ice '20-21 & Some Before

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Winter Wildflowers '20-21

Monday, March 1, 2021

An AT 'Crown Jewel' Of Guides Is A 70-Year Old Trail Capsule

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