This bend is off-trail within the Cohutta Wilderness, Georgia, about 2 miles from the north Conasauga River Trailhead. The river is slicing across hard, exposed granite.
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Nate Shivar
I'm Nate Shivar - I live in Atlanta & love exploring the city, public lands, books & Internet. Read about me or my work. Contact via email. Intermittently using Mastodon & X.
A Field Guide to the Cohutta Wilderness by Javier Velazquez is a book I have wanted to exist in the world for so long that a couple years ago, I started sketching out whether I could write it myself. I am deeply grateful to the author for putting in the time and effort to create a proper field guide to the natural and environmental history of the Cohutta Mountains.
I first saw “Fantastic Lava Bed” on a map of Lassen Volcanic National Park and was like “ok, that’s a funny name” – but yeah, they totally live up to their name. They are huge, scenic, and quite fantastic!
Little snakes are so hilarious. They all have a Napoleon complex – acting much more aggressively than their venomous cousins. This guy’s head is the size of my fingernail, but he’s not happy about me disturbing his crabgrass habitat. Hopefully, he’ll still be able to eat up cockroaches and flies.