Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Panola Mountain - Great Views, Pretty Flowers, Fresh Air, Nice People!






Panola Mountain...if you remember I told you I climbed it a few weeks ago after the milkweed planting with a nice group of people? Want to see my pictures? Sure you do!



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Can you guess what the grassy area is amongst the trees? If you guessed "golf course" you would be right.  I like golf about as much as I like graffiti!  (Please, golf lovers don't give me any grief, 
I don't like it and that's it!)  Just on the horizon is the skyline of Atlanta and it is hard to see in the photo but it is there!

Guess what else you can see from Panola?  If you read my blog, you might already know of ....



Stone Mountain!  Our guide told us it was only about 11 miles away as the crow flies...and you know I had to say it..."Well, let's go then!"   (Everyone laughed. You never know if from my blog but hey, I am one funny lady!)

And what else could we see?  You might have heard me mention this a time or two...


                         
                                           ARABIA MOUNTAIN!
The last time we flew to England, as we left the Atlanta airport, I looked down and recognized Arabia Mountain from the air! It was exciting for me to know it and the funny thing, there were people around me and they all said the same thing, "Look, STONE MOUNTAIN".  It made me smile because they were all wrong! 

The cactus flowers were beautiful!

And be still my heart, I was thrilled to see that I wasn't too late to see a few of the Atamasco lilies!  (Interesting, Linnaeus named this but it seemed he got the word "Atamasco" from the Native Americans. I like that he did that! )This was some distance from me but you can still see the beauty of it, can't you?  (I just read that it is really in the amaryllis family, and we love amaryllis in our household!) atamasco lily



Wait, what we doing at my front door...let's get back on the mountain!


The blooms of the yucca were creamy white and they were all about six feet tall!

As were leaving, they were swaying in the breeze and it was as if they were waving us goodbye!  Don't worry yuccas, we will be back soon!  

They have a Moonlight Hike up the mountain when there is a full moon. It is said that you are able to see the sun set over the Atlanta skyline as you watch the moon rise on the other side.  I hope to see this on the next full moon in June.  I will let you know!  
Hope you enjoyed this hike with me and I hope you are all doing well in your part of the world!

44 comments:

  1. More great pictures of your great monadnocks, thank you, Kay! I love the yucca blooms, we certainly don't get these around here.
    I hope you can go on the Moonlight Hike in June! It sounds wonderful, a unique experience.

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    1. You have seen these kind of pictures before! The yuccas were very pretty...and all the flowers on the mountain were native, I forgot to say!

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  2. As always a lovely trip with you. I was really taken, though, with the moonlit ramble. Here it will soon be light enough to walk right through the night. I used to go down to the beach at the dead of night in the summer but I haven't done so for a long time. This year perhaps....

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    1. I love the idea of you walking to the beach late at night. Walk right though the night...that sounds like a good book title to help someone through depression! There, I have given you the title, now just write the book already! :-)

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  3. I see Atlanta! Always think of Gone with the Wind... Your stone mountain always looks good to me, and I'd be very attracted to it too if I lived nearby. Those yuccas are magical!

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    1. You would love the yuccas, and of course, they are at Stone Mountain and Arabia Mountain too!

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  4. wow thank you for making us visit to such wonderful places ,flowers are sooo lovely

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    1. Thank you! And thanks for becoming a new follower, I appreciate it very much!

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  5. I'm always taken back, driving up I-75, seeing the hunk sitting on the horizon (Stone Mt). Amazing.

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    1. I am impressed you can look over and see Stone Mountain. When I drive up I-75 I am clutching the steering wheel in a death grip, praying I get to my destination! (The traffic is getting too much for this old lady.)

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  6. I did enjoy your hike. Thanks for taking me along !

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    1. Only NICE people are allowed on this hike so you know you can come with me anytime!

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  7. I never knew that yucca plants grow so tall!

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    1. They are taller than Richard and that is tall!

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  8. I enjoy the hike with you very much. Pretty cactus flower and the red lily too! Kay, just to answer your question about the white flower in my post...its the Hymenocallis-White Spider Lily Flower. Thank you for visiting. Just to let you know, I am following you on GFC.

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    1. Thank you, Nancy! And I LOVE the flowers on your blog too! Your white spider lily flower, oh my, that is just too gorgeous! Thank you for following me, you are very welcome here! :-)

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  9. Nice to see such colorful flowers!

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    1. I want to go to Hawaii just for the flowers!

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  10. What a great hike and I love the flowers.
    Liz

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    1. Hello Liz! Welcome! And thanks for becoming a follower! I appreciate you very much!

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  11. Lovely pictures and a nice narrative. I'll bet the moonlight hike will be fun.

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    1. Ha! I was so tired when I wrote this post, I looked back and hardly remembered it! (You don't want to know my problems! LOL) Thanks and I will let you know if I get to the moonlight ramble...as Graham calls it above, I like that!

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  12. Such lovely places as you get to go!

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    1. I don't go many places but the places I get to, I make sure there are flowers!

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  13. Such a beautiful place it is where you live, and you and Richard and your family seem to really enjoy and appreciate it! I hope you take that moonlight hike and share it with us!

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    1. Hey! This area is surrounded by many houses in subdivisions but you would never know it when you are at the monadnocks! I will let you know if I get to the moonlight hike!

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  14. A lovely place to visit. I'll have to go there sometime.

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    1. It is lovely! Look at the Panola Mountain website and see the dates for the hikes up the mountain. In June, they should have one at the beginning of the month on a Saturday in the morning, and then, the Moonlight Hike..well, on the Saturday nearest the full moon!
      Sign up for it, why don't you and I will see you there! (It costs $10.00 and there is a $5.00 parking fee...unless you have purchased a GA State Park Pass for the year.) Let me know! :-)

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  15. It's 15 years since I played golf...I enjoyed playing the game. But my silly hip with its regular dose of arthritis doesn't allow for such pleasure. I enjoy watching it, too; so I opt for that option. I think why I enjoyed the playing the game is because you have only yourself to blame...or praise. It's such an individual game - if you know what I mean. But I understand not everyone likes it...we all have our own personal likes and dislikes...and in betweens. :)

    Your mountain and surrounding areas are lovely. :)

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    1. I knew I would hear from a golf lover! I mean no disrespect but it seems a shame to have a golf course so close to panola mountain. Golf courses no matter where thy are might be gorgeous but let's face it, the are completely artificial. I have good friends who love golf!

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  16. Thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to comment on my pictures. I've been impressed with your photos and stories from your blog. Very nice work!!

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    1. Hello! Thank you very much! I also am very interested in architecture but I don't think I have ever said much about it on my blog. I am interested in many things. I drive myself crazy! Thanks very much for becoming a follower, you have made my day.

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  17. I always enjoy the pictures you share. You go to some incredible looking places. Or just know about them and are willing to share.

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    1. Mostly I am either close to my house at the three monadnocks mentioned here or in england, hardly anywhere else! Make sure I notice nature wherever I am!

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  18. Panola summit would make a great golf course and club house methinks as you could drive straight off the rim onto the cleared forest below up the fairway to the greens in several different places. A unique selling point. You can never have enough golf courses :o)

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    1. I am chuckling but I hope no one reads this and gets any ideas!!

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  19. Wow! You have such awesome flowers on your mountain. What a fabulous mountain. It's full of so many natural treasures.

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    1. It is a National Natural Landmark and the park itself was created as Georgia's first conservation park. Natural treasures, indeed!

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  20. I was totally surprised to see yucca back east. Is it really native there? In spite of seminary in Iowa, I am west coast and thought yucca was a plant of the west.

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    1. I promise that is it native here! We have seen them also at Stone Mountain and Arabia Mountain and also around the woods in this area. They really were spectacular on this trip at Panola Mountain!

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  21. Like you, I despise golf courses. D.E.S.P.I.S.E.

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  22. Like you, I despise golf courses. D.E.S.P.I.S.E.

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  23. Audrey, you are my secret daughter! :-)

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