Harris Chapel Cemetery

April 13, 2013: I visited Harris Chapel Cemetery in Jackson, County, Alabama. The cemetery sits on a hill in Hogjaw Valley. It is the resting place for 16 Confederate soldiers killed in 1865 near Ladd's Farm farther down in the valley.

Road Trip to Camak Stone

April 13, 2013: The family is in Athens today watching a track meet and I am off to see a Camak Stone or at least a new version of the stone.  This stone marks the corner of Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. Because James Camak surveyed the 35th Parallel incorrect this spot is actually a mile farther south than it should be. In the 21st Century this has become a big issue for Georgia because of the surveying error  the Tennessee River does not enter Georgia.

I visited 13 graveyards and catalogued and logged 12 geocaches in Walker and Dade Counties in Georgia, DeKalb and Jackson Counties in Alabama, and in Marion County, Tennessee.

Spring Break 2013; Blaylock Cemetery

Monday, March 25, 2013: Took Daddy to Blaylock Cemetery to swap Momma's flowers. We do this about every three months.

Spring Break 2013: Caching Trip to Floyd County

Saturday, March 30, 2013: I used the need to pick up my baseball glove from a shoe store down on Broad Street in Rome as an excuse to geocache and visit a few cemeteries.

Caches Located:

#1143        GC3YMN5           Big Blue in 2nd Gear
#1144        GC2RAPG           A Little Harder Two
#1145        GCWN61             I'd Like to Buy The World a Cache
#1146        GC2KQD9           Cache Express

Visited one cemetery in Polk County and five cemeteries in Floyd County,

Spring Break 2013: Geocaches

Was a good weekend for caching. Several were located in graveyard...always a lot of fun!

March 22, 2013

#1135     GC1DTAW     Tags First Hide
#1136     GCJ4XR          Tuscaloosa Veterans Memorial Micro
#1137     GC2WBN5      Alberta City Cemetery - Tornado Aftermath
#1138     GC20JGW       Hopewells Lost and Forgotten
#1139     GC356EC        Eagle Scout Project #31  Troop 90
#1140     GC1FE8T        Y My Marsupial

March 25, 2013
#1141     GC451VV       Top O' Lamar
#1142     GC2FEDX      Stagecoach Past

Spring Break 2013

March 24th Monday Morning: We have moved to Double Springs, Alabama. It s very cold and windy this morning. This is more like Winter  Break with 32 degree weather and howling wind. Daddy has put out a bunch of seed on his backboard. Have spent some time watching American Gold Finches, Chipping Sparrows, Pine Siskins, and a White-breasted Nuthatch visit Daddy's feeders.

Spring Break 2013

March 23, 2013 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama:
It has been a while since I bogged about our travels. Thought I might share of the events of our trip west to the homeland! We left Calhoun yesterday and drove to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  This is my first rip to the home of the Crimson Tide since before the April 27, 2011 tornado.  We are in town for a big track meet. Out nephew is a hurdler for Troy State. It is a big family get together at the Holiday Inn Express.  Did a little Geocaching this morning and ended up at the Alberta City Cemetery looking for a hide. This cemetery is in the path of destruction and the signs of the power of mother nature is every where.