Early fall on Pine Mountain

The weather turned cool enough to dig out sweaters and wool socks, but the sun is warm in the afternoon.

We hiked Pine Mountain, right off I-75 in Cartersville, Georgia. It's a 4+ mile trail that goes up to the David G. Archer Overlook and then down into the Hurricane Valley. The way up has a number of switchbacks and we mentally computed the gradient as 10% (500 feet to just under a mile). If I'm not mistaken that is a gradient of 4.5 degrees. That does not sound like anything, does it?

The fall flowers are out, but trees maintain their dusty green from the dry summer.

Autumn flowers abloom at the David G. Archer overlook on Pine Mountain in Cartersville, Georgia.


Aki and Larsen take a breather atop Pine Mountain.

Larsen enjoys the clear view.