Oops I slipped… - Along the Ray My travels have come to a temporary end. I was hiking the Narrows trail along the Rockcastle river in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest,

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Altitude 508.58 ft Summersville, WV 84°F (feels 88°F) Partly Cloudy (wind 2.2 mph)

Back to civilization for hot showers and laundry. Managed to snag a first-come first-served spacious lakefront spot amidst big rigs all over. Nice to have ducks for... https://alongtheray.com/battle-run-campground

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Altitude 347.15 ft Buchanan, VA 86°F (feels 91°F) Sunny (wind 2.5 mph)

View from my backyard in a hammock. Very peaceful and refreshing. There’s a little waterfall on the right if you look closely. Am in base of Blue Rid... alongtheray.com/north-creek-campground-i...

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Altitude 298.116 ft Bassett, VA 79°F (feels 80°F) Cloudy (wind 3.9 mph)


…on Philpott lake in Virginia near Blue Ridge mountains. Another packed Corps of Engineers campground; will be nice to hit a quiet national forest up next.
🗺 Goose Point campground

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Altitude 316.546 ft Wilkesboro, NC 77°F (feels 79°F) Mostly Cloudy (wind 5.1 mph)


A nice respite for hot showers and electricity to charge everything up including me travel sore body. Summer rains make it nice and cool up here.
🗺 Bandit’s Roost campground on Kerr Scott reservoir

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Altitude 135.204 ft  , SC 86°F (feels 87°F) Cloudy (wind 1.9 mph)


…in Sumter National Forest. New journey on way to Nova Scotia, Canada or bust!
🗺 Woods Ferry campground

For my curious followers, I’m following @kev@qrk.one’s footsteps and merging my Fediverse account into Micro.blog for simplicity’s sake at @ray@alongtheray.social. Thanks Kev!

What’s going on these days? - Along the Ray You may have noticed I haven’t been traveling as much these past few months. While crossing the desert in Arizona last year, a thought popped into

You may have noticed I haven’t been traveling as much these past few months: alongtheray.com/whats-going-...

This is very useful to play around with and select colors/tones for blogs, etc. I like their dark and light color generators to help hone in on light/dark themes (scroll further down for those): https://colorffy.com/discover

Hi all, I’ve been posting entries from my handwritten journal to the blog to bring it back up to date. They aren’t going out via RSS or socials (for now) to keep from cluttering it up meanwhile. Feel free to mosey over if you’d like to catch up with me. Take care. https://alongtheray.com

Sunset over Cellon creek at San Felasco Preserve in Gainesville, Florida

Sunset over Cellon creek at San Felasco Preserve in Gainesville, Florida

What a beautiful website, words ’n all - Turtle Shell

Love the idea of having a weekly “blog” club ala book club. Would be great to see more of these on different blog topics: posobin.com/blogclub/

Why do farts smell worse in the shower? Ugh.

This is pretty amazing – turning a Wordpress install into a complete Mastodon app/reader as if it were its own Mastodon instance. Love the ability to use it ala a RSS reader and even send articles to your e-reader. alex.kirk.at/2024/06/1…

Am curious, any of you put your personal journals/dairies online, either on your blog or in a separate area?

Don't hoard your darlings: https://notes.alongtheray.com/dont-hoard-your-darlings

Thanks! It depends on the location really, it's easier to find spots further away from major metros and less developed campsites (most want hookups). My preference is to boondocks or no hookups but sometimes I have to go with the flow and take what I get, like state parks, etc.

View from this morning’s desk

View from this morning’s desk

Stop wandering about!: https://notes.alongtheray.com/stop-wandering-about

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Altitude 56.153 ft Nicholls, GA 92°F (feels 99°F) Sunny (wind 3.9 mph)


An old farm that was given to the state and turned into a living history park replete with beautifully restored historic buildings.
🗺 General Coffee state park

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Altitude 103.486 ft Lincolnton, GA 91°F (feels 95°F) Sunny (wind 6.5 mph)


Beautiful and quiet spot in a 2,500 acre peninsula of natural goodness, beaches and 20 some miles of trails
🗺 Bussey Point campground

Seeing twinkling lights of cozy campers across the finger brings fond memories of the view of Roberts bay from the long gone Venice home of my late grandparents

Seeing twinkling lights of cozy campers across the finger brings fond memories of the view of Roberts bay from the long gone Venice home of my late grandparents

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Altitude 200.138 ft Hartwell, GA 80°F (feels 81°F) Cloudy (wind 5.5 mph)


Nice little break from the wild to recharge batteries and yes - much needed HOT showers - at a COE campground on Hartwell lake.
🗺 Watsadler campground

A tale of two skies over the Savannah river

A tale of two skies over the Savannah river

Old beauty in Willington, SC. It mesmerizes me with the stories she could tell from within…

Old beauty in Willington, SC. It mesmerizes me with the stories she could tell from within…

Perfect serendipity coming across this on my afternoon meditation walk

Perfect serendipity coming across this on my afternoon meditation walk

View of earth ever so slowly rolling away from sun

View of earth ever so slowly rolling away from sun

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Altitude 101.529 ft McCormick, SC 85°F (feels 86°F) Isolated Thunderstorms (wind 4.1 mph)


’’twas a dark and stormy afternoon on the Savannah river. But a perfect place with enough privacy for a skinny dip in cool waters.
🗺 Leroy’s Ferry campground

What happens when exploring forest roads after a rainstorm and end up almost getting stuck. Thank goodness fer 4WD.

What happens when exploring forest roads after a rainstorm and end up almost getting stuck. Thank goodness fer 4WD.