tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716894977482967985.post1924010786014769082..comments2024-03-28T23:29:00.303-04:00Comments on Georgia Girl With An English Heart: Arabia/Quarried MountainsKay G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716894977482967985.post-8619992499249416272011-11-15T06:20:56.663-05:002011-11-15T06:20:56.663-05:00The whole idea behind this Davidson/Arabia Preserv...The whole idea behind this Davidson/Arabia Preserve is not just to preserve the land but also to show how man has "interacted" with the land. The photos that Richard took above were really the best ones, there are others that are simply big piles of rock. Being the optimist that he is, he looked for any signs of life and said that in one hundred years perhaps, it would look a lot different! Maybe future posts will show the wall becoming longer also as others add to it.<br />It is indeed humbling to be on a mountain that was formed millions of years ago. And I am grateful to all those who worked so hard to preserve this area. Wild beauty, indeed!Kay G.http://www.georgiagirlwithanenglishheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716894977482967985.post-44269056223408989642011-11-15T04:02:02.049-05:002011-11-15T04:02:02.049-05:00Hello:
There is something very humbling about bein...Hello:<br />There is something very humbling about being in the presence of a mountain which was shaped some millions of years ago. It really does make the time of human habitation seem pitifully small compared with the devastation and destruction that has been caused during that relatively short period.<br /><br />How strange that people feel the need to build a wall. Perhaps a desire to create order out of chaos, but how magnificent it all looks so wild and untamed.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716894977482967985.post-63434594238813177672011-11-15T01:52:13.101-05:002011-11-15T01:52:13.101-05:00Like Librarian I think I'd feel inclined to bu...Like Librarian I think I'd feel inclined to build a wall as well. In the Lake District, in my fell walking days, we used to build cairns along the paths at every opportunity. The excuse was that it helped if you got lost in mist but in reality I think everyone just likes being constructive.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716894977482967985.post-14708489425078409692011-11-15T01:16:40.586-05:002011-11-15T01:16:40.586-05:00Stacking the bits and pieces into a wall sounds li...Stacking the bits and pieces into a wall sounds like something I'd do - and I guess everyone who passes through that area can feel themselves invited to build another little piece of the wall, add some more from the rubble to it. Doing that on every visit, I am quite sure you'd grow to like the place much better, although it will never have the serene and yet wild beauty the other mountain offers.<br />Thank you for telling us about Horace and Washington King, that is indeed a fascinating story, and you WILL find that bridge one day, I am convinced of that!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com