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| Monument to American and British combatants who fought at the Cowpens, South Carolina. This is one of very few double envelopment maneuvers in history which was completed by the Patriot soldiers. |
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| The American side - Cavalry, militia, sharpshooters and Continental regulars. |
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| The girls enjoyed getting out to another new space for a long walk. |
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| This part of South Carolina received almost a foot of snow. The solar panels on the roof have warmed sufficiently but the eaves are still snow packed. |
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| A reconstructed cabin. Only one door on opposite sides, front and back, one window by the fireplace and tiny windows on the second floor. |
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| A small garden caught Bob's attention. |
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| Dragoons, Infantry, Artillery, Grenadiers and Highlanders |
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| The American strategy |
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| Still have plenty of snow to walk through so the dogs remember how much they loved it in Ohio. |
We drove from South Carolina towards Atlanta, Georgia. I have never had much affinity for Atlanta and nothing has changed that opinion. Having lived in two cities with outer-belts that circumnavigated the city (St. Louis and Columbus) we felt reasonably sure that our traversal around the western edge of Atlanta would be easy and allow us to reach our camp early in the afternoon. All I can say is someone should be held accountable for the ridiculous amounts of traffic. This is an outer-belt, not a drive into downtown. Six lanes across, in both directions, plus every intersecting highway was packed and, if they were moving at all which sometimes we were not, barely moving at 20 mph. An hour and a half of mind-numbing creeping on some pretty narrow roads. Apparently, Atlantans start leaving their jobs at about 2pm. So there is never a good time to traverse this town. The lack of speed did give us plenty of time to see all the damage that was caused by the snow storm. All the beautiful, tall white pines are a soft wood. Good for growing fast and tall, but cannot handle the weight of a foot of wet snow. Hundreds of trees snapped with large heavy limbs strewn along the highways.
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| On our walk along the Little Tallapoosa River and pond, this goose(?) was very friendly. We have not been able to identify it which we thought would be fairly easy considering the beautiful iridescent green wing and back feathers and distinctive facial mask. Maybe it's a hybrid. |
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| Such a "natural" looking tree line. |
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| With all the pine limbs down around camp, we picked up a couple of small boughs and Bob made us a Christmas wreath. I love it. |
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