13/05/2026
โIโd rather hear the mountains call my nameโ ๐๏ธ๐ฒ๐
The Blue Ridge Mountains & the greater Appalachia, are some of the oldest mountains on Earth, once connected to the Caledonian Mountains in Scotland during Pangaea, and are said to be still home to some of the oldest (& coolest) creatures & biodiversity on Earth! (part of why theyโre my favorite โจ)
To be rock hunting with the love of my life throughout Appalachia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the place where I first fell in love with this great big, indescribable floating rock called Earth, graduating with my Masterโs in that very same, complex, mysterious, fascinating, earthy-cosmic beaut that I fell in love with so many years ago, is one of the biggest accomplishments and dreams of my life,
and I will never have words to fully express my astounding gratitude & awe ๐๏ธ
๐Brasstown Bald Peak - tallest peak in Georgia, called โNew Green Placeโ by the native americans
๐Amicalola Falls - the tallest waterfall in the East Untied States
๐Providence Canyon - the โLittle Grand Canyonโ of the East, exposing billion year old layers of Earth from years of erosion caused by improper agricultural & farming strategies
- exposes beautiful layers of rusty red soil, evidence of the Great Oxidation Event caused by little adaptive, scrappy cyanobacteria, who helped give us breathable oxygen and complex life!
- fantastic geological window into the past even though it was caused by careless farming
๐Devilโs Millhopper Geological State Park - a giant sinkhole in Northeast Florida, caused by millions of years of eroding coral reef limestone bedrock, beautifully carved by a Floridian waterfall!
- exposes layers of ancient Earth and fossils when Florida was covered by an ancient sea!
๐ Chattahoochee National Park
๐ Rich Mountain Wilderness
๐ Appalachian Trail
๐ Tellus Science Museum
we are Earth ๐