Category: Georgia

  • Stone arch marking start of Appalachian Trail approach trail.

    The Appalachian Trail Begins at Amicalola Falls

    The journey begins unceremoniously with a single step through a stone archway at Amicalola Falls State Park. Today is just a day hike for me and back to the comforts...

  • Brad Saum standing at Georgia's Grand Canyon in Providence Canyon State Park, Georgia

    Georgia’s Grand Canyon

    Georgia’s Grand Canyon is so unique and seemingly out of place that it is impressive and the numerous little valleys make for interesting hiking. A fascinating example of horrible farming...

  • A steel beam salvaged from the World Trade Center.

    Museum at Fort Benning

    Amid conflicting feelings of intense pride for our American military heroes who step forward to defend our freedom and sadness that so much fighting has been necessary throughout history, I...

  • Brad Saum at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, Georgia.

    39 from Plains

    It was a small unknown town before, and a small albeit famous town after. The little community of Plains, Georgia witnessed one of its citizens, James Earl Carter, Jr. become...

  • United States Flag at Andersonville National Cemetery in Georgia.

    Andersonville

    In stark contrast to this beautiful spring day, the 26-acre field I meandered through once served as a prison camp where nearly 13,000 Civil War soldiers died, mostly from disease...