Cumberland Gal Cover Photo and Updates
Current Cover Photo is a rainbow in Big Sunk Cane Falls from Saturday. Trip report pending.
Wildflowers in Cumberland County, TN. Trip report posted HERE
Upcoming Plans
My knee surgery is April 23, 2024.
I am very hopeful and a little anxious. The next couple months are critical in my recovery, rehab and preparation for the second knee. I have my priorities are straight. I am going to have to put wildflowers, providing childcare for grandkids, and many other things aside to focus on getting well. I am having to accept that the next several months are going to deprive me of lots of things I usually enjoy. It will all be worth it in the end. I will be ready to lick my weight in wildcats by the time it is over! All my pre-op stuff is done. All medical equipment ordered.
It is all falling into place!
A new tutorial for how to use the new and updated Tennessee Landforms site is in the works.
I have to finish learning about it a bit more , but I have begun. It is an exciting project that is going to be better than ever. More user friendly and valuable to the scientific community as well. Chuck is going great guns with it. It was always a unique, open sourced database. It will have more information, and images. If you have good photos of waterfalls please consider submitting them to Chuck or myself? I am adding lots of photos of mine, but in many cases just so there will be an image, not because it is a good photo. It will have to do for now.
I will continue to focus on visiting the areas that pertain to the Little Tennessee River watershed and include them in Valley So Wild blog series. Mr. James Buchanan has sent me a bunch of new material with fantastic stories from the past. I will for sure make the effort to get out and make those trips and utilize the material. It will take a beat to get it done thanks to surgery.
Upcoming ideas shared with me by Mr. Buchanan are
Chilhowee, Proctor, and Fontana Village. Yes, yes, and yes!
Cumberland Gal Turns Thirteen
The link above tells what is to come for Cumberland Gal!
Hearing from Readers of my blog
I get emails or text messages from readers now and then. I always enjoy hearing from them. I've made some good friends. I've gotten ideas that have greatly improved Cumberland Gal. Going over things like directions or trip reports with readers trying to help them often jogs my memory. It causes me to recall places I've wanted to go. I sometimes only imagine I've created directions to a place when in fact I have not. It gives me a chance to remedy that. The readers are part of my inspiration for what I do. Y'all also help keep me sharp. It helps motivate me to do better. Please don't hesitate to reach out. Once in awhile people send me corrections that I am already aware of and have already made. It's no big deal. I still appreciate it. Two pairs of eyes are always better than one. I'd rather be told stuff I already know than miss things.
Below is a video of Dickey Betts with the Allman Brothers Band singing "Blue Sky". RIP Dickey. You will be missed.
Below is a video of Dickey Betts with the Allman Brothers Band singing "Blue Sky". RIP Dickey. You will be missed.
