I was born in Ellijay, Ga but moved to Montana when I was 15. From the moments we set foot in Montana it felt like home. For being a brat of the military that was a pretty big deal. The Mountains call me and I feel most at peace walking through the quiet solitude of what God created.
Meeting Sierra can be added to the top things that I am most grateful in my life. You know when you meet someone and you just know they will be there for the rest of it, she and her family that is how I feel. To her I owe much gratitude for being my friend and my partner in crime (and by partner in crime I mean by stealing views and blazing trails) Big things are in the works and I can’t wait to see where our adventures will take us!!
Due to some life changing circumstances I packed my kids up and we moved to my roots for a year, thought it would be longer than that but we miss home far to much. We needed a change of scenery to settle our souls and calm our minds and we got just that. In all the years I spent coming here growing up I never got to experience it as I am now, and not only that I get to involve my kids in the exploring. The feeling I get hiking in the south is magical, it is much different than the awe striking feeling I get hiking in the mountains in Montana. Although both are very different in feeling the same importance is there. There is so much to be seen out there.
My kids like the bugs here. I like the feeling of when the sun is shining down through the leaves while hiking or biking down a wood covered trail it almost feels like fairies will come out at any moment. Although we are counting down the days until we can return home we are enjoying all of the water falls we are finding and all of the different crazy bugs we are finding as well. We just keep checking them off of our list as we bike them or hike them.
I even found a fairy house on this hike!
For new year’s eve I took my kids out on a trail that I had taken their grandparents out on in October. It was such a different hike from the change of the seasons. Getting to experience it all with them is an amazing feeling. I have been on trails in Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Canada, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Big and small they have all been wonderful and I look forward to finding many many more. As well as meeting many interesting people along the way. Photos from October’s hike except for the hammock one that was New Year’s eve.
Stay tuned the Appalachian trail is on my list and I am starting at the very bottom on the 17th for a full day hike. But come the end of summer I am looking forward to planning a full week on the trail!
Mountain Mamas 