Not ready to take off my hiking boots quite yet (yes, I'm breaking in some new hiking boots today), I joined my normal Meetup group for a hike around Bull Mountain in North Georgia. The hike was planned for nearby Jake Mountain, but once everyone arrived, our organizer had us carpool to another nearby trailhead. The road to get to it was a little bumpy, but my Outback Wilderness and the other vehicles made it without any issues.
Once we hit the trail, we were moving at a slightly slower pace than my earlier hike this morning, but that's okay. I'm here for distance, not necessarily speed. The trail was mostly double-track and our organizer commented about how poor the trail would be for mountain biking, which he leads another Meetup for. The heat and humidity were also pretty relentless, but thankfully, the trail is pretty well shaded.
We meandered through some pretty, but standard forests of this region. At one point, I found a deer tick crawling up my leg and quickly put an end to her aspirations. Overall the rest of the trail was uneventful and not overly scenic. We did manage to get 7.7 miles in though, which brings my total for the day to 13.5 - not bad.
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