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Alabama Hikes
Sweet Home Alabama at Sweet Water Lake in Talladega National Forest
Georgia Hikes
Emery Creek Trail and the Actual Old CCC Camp on Old CCC Camp Road
Road Walk to Toccoa Swinging Bridge
Barnes Creek Falls
The Old Mud Road: Three Sisters Mountain and Forest Service Road 135
Journey to the Valley of the Giants
Venture into Paradise – The Lake Conasauga Loop
Hike the Biker Mecca: Bear Creek Trail and Bear Creek Campground
Hike Above the Snow Line on Rock Creek Road
History Hike: Homesite and Moonshine Exploration at Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area
The Grassy Mountain Fire Tower Hike
Jake and Bull Mountain Lake Loop
Hiking Camp Merrill By Goat
Float Down Dick’s Creek with a Goat
Hemlock Falls at Moccasin Creek State Park
The Overnight Waterfall Hike at Jake and Bull Mountain
Trout Trail – Hike to the Hidden Falls on Waters Creek Rd at Dick’s Creek Campground
The Suches Road Trip to Sea Creek Falls
The Jacks River Fields Campground Tour
Noontootla Falls Hike in Blue Ridge WMA
Taking Cherry to the Cheese Factory on the Appalachian Trail
Instant Gratification Waterfalls in Warwoman WMA
Mulky Gap Exploration: Cooper Creek Campground, Mulky Campground, and the Davis Family Cemetery
History in Motion: Train Trestle on the Silver Comet Rail Trail
Float Down Dick’s Creek with a Goat
Wallalah Mountain Overlook on the Benton Mackaye
The Horse Hike: Gaddistown Road from Coopers Gap to Hwy 60
Yonah in the Distance at Unicoi Gap on the Appalachian Trail
Roadwalk from Double Culvert Branch Falls to Low Gap Creek Campground and Jasus Creek Campground
How to Find the Waterfall on Three Forks Trail in Warwoman WMA
The Great Waterfall Hunt at Warwoman WMA and Warwoman Dell
Hike It Alone on the Chattanooga River & Bartram Trail
Overnight and Over Bridge on the Benton Mackaye Trail at Blue Ridge WMA
Hike to the Winding Stair Gap Ruins
Will the Real Logan Turnpike Please Stand Up: Hike the Historical Logan Turnpike and the Not-So-Historical Logan Turnpike Trail
Cooper Creek Eyes on Wildlife Trail
The View To Nowhere at Rabun Bald
Upper Chattahoochee River Campground and the Case of the Disappearing Pond
Hike to the Appalachian Trail Along the Wildcat Creek Road Corridor
Live the Buzzard Life on Buzzard Roost MTB Trail System at Rocky Face Ridge Park
On the Appalachian Trail in Blue Ridge WMA
Yonah Preserve Trail 200
Walden Creek Waterfall Hike
Nothing Here But Us Squirrels: Tesnatee Gap to Neel Gap and up to the Byron Reece Trailhead Junction on the Appalachian Trail
Light at The End of the Tunnel on the Silver Comet Rail Trail
Have Compass, Will Hike: McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area
Cross the Log and Get On The Pine Log Trail System
Falling Creek Trail at Scull Shoals Historic Site in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
Whitney Gap Shelter to Cowrock Mountain Overlook on the Appalachian Trail
Jake and Bull Mountain Lake Loop
Bull Mountain to Jone’s Creek Campground Shuttle Hike at Jake’s Mountain
Bearden Falls at Jake’s Mountain
The Second Reactor at Dawson Forest City Tract of Atlanta
The October Hike down Slaughter Creek to Blood Mountain via Slaughter Gap
A Goat on Gahuti at Fort Mountain State Park
In Search of Slag on Simms Mountain Rail Trail
Explore the Unexplored At Buck Shoals State Park
Horsing Around at Garland Mountain
Enjoy a Winter Morning at Dockery Lake Recreation Area
Nuclear Age Exploration at Dawson Forest City of Atlanta Tract
Bridge Over the River Etowah at Dawson Forest City of Atlanta Tract
The Cooper Gap to Hawk Mountain Shelter on the Appalachian Trail Loop
A Day of Climb At Dawson WMA and Burnt Mountain Preserve
Falling Creek Trail at Scull Shoals Historic Site in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
Live the Buzzard Life on Buzzard Roost MTB Trail System at Rocky Face Ridge Park
Civil War History at Potato Hill Historic Place in Dalton, GA
Gooch Mountain Shelter on the Appalachian Trail
Forgotten Roads – How to Get From Unicoi State Park to the Cheese Factory on the Appalachian Trail
Amicalola Creek Trail at Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Amadahy Trail at Carters Lake
Deep Gap Trail Shelter on the Appalachian Trail
The Forgotten Road: How to Hike From Dick’s Creek Campground to Lake Winfield Scott
Go Back Stage at Seacreek Falls in Suches, GA
The Roaring Road: Explore the Land of Jeeps on Nimblewill Gap Road
Explore the Forgotten Toccoa Forest Experiment Station in Mulkey Gap, Suches, GA
Hike an Industrial Wasteland: The Iron and Manganese Mines of Sugar Hill in Pine Log WMA
Barefoot Falls at Dawson Forest City Tract of Atlanta
The Turkey Trek at Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Soak in the Sope Creek Paper Mill Ruins (and Some Other Stuff) at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Loop Around the Lake at Yonah Preserve
Jack in the Pulpits at Elanchee Nature Preserve
The Battle of Utoy Creek at Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
Bounce on the Bridge Loop at Chicopee Woods
Swim Up a Railroad on Jack’s River Trail in Cohutta Wilderness
Bushwhack Up a Railroad on the Conasauga River Trail
Got It With a Goat – Woody Gap Firetower Hike 2.0
Fly Up to The Roost in Suches, Georgia
A Little History on the Lake Zwerner Loop in Dahlonega, GA
The Iron Hoof Hike: Visit Bear Mountain “New Stack” Iron Furnace and the Sugar Hill Mines at Pine Log WMA
Crow Falls Loop at Dick’s Creek Campground
How to Draft Dodge the Civil War in Roman’s Cave at Lake Russell WMA
Hike to the Toccoa Train Trestle on the Locust Stake Trail System
The Grand Tour at Lake Russell Recreation Area – Lake Russell Loop, the Chenocetah Fire Tower, and Sourwood Trail
Death and Defense in the Civil War on the George W. Disney Trail
Relive the Resettlement Administration in Brown Bottoms, Farmer’s Bottom, and Broad River Trail at Lake Russell WMA
Hike the Civil War on Buzzard’s Roost MTB Trail System
Hemlock Falls at Moccasin Creek State Park
Hike to the Appalachian Trail Along the Wildcat Creek Road Corridor
History Hike: Explore Georgia’s Abandoned Iron Ore Furnaces
History Hike: Homesite and Moonshine Exploration at Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area
Nothing Here But Us Squirrels: Tesnatee Gap to Neel Gap and up to the Byron Reece Trailhead Junction on the Appalachian Trail
The October Hike down Slaughter Creek to Blood Mountain via Slaughter Gap
The Cooper Gap to Hawk Mountain Shelter on the Appalachian Trail Loop
Whitney Gap Shelter to Cowrock Mountain Overlook on the Appalachian Trail
Will the Real Logan Turnpike Please Stand Up: Hike the Historical Logan Turnpike and the Not-So-Historical Logan Turnpike Trail
The Horse Hike: Gaddistown Road from Coopers Gap to Hwy 60
Mulky Gap Exploration: Cooper Creek Campground, Mulky Campground, and the Davis Family Cemetery
Cooper Creek Eyes on Wildlife Trail
Roadwalk from Double Culvert Branch Falls to Low Gap Creek Campground and Jasus Creek Campground
Upper Chattahoochee River Campground and the Case of the Disappearing Pond
Yonah Preserve Trail 200
New York Hikes
Headbutting at Buttermilk Falls
Escape Hunting Season at Danby State Forest
Goating Off Road on the Hidden Trails of South Hill Recreation Way
Take a Walk on the Wild Side at Howland Island Wildlife Management Area
Social Trails for Goats: Monkey’s Run
Ruminate on the Meaning of Life at Finger Lakes National Forest
Climb Nature’s Sand Castles at Chimney Bluffs State Park
Star Gazing at Sugar Hill State Forest
Wake Up and Walk Into Watkins Glen with a Goat
Snowmobiling on Hooves at Ridgeway Road Rail Trail
Urban Goat on the Go: Hiking Cornell and Cornell’s Plantations
Explore Upstate New York’s Industrial Heritage By Goat on The Keuka Outlet Trail
Freezing to Death at Sampson State Park
Toughing It Out With Tourism at Taughannock Falls State Park
Taking the FLT Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry at Robert H. Treman State Park
How to Get Your Goat On the Black Diamond Run in Winter
Mountain Bikers Building Goat Toys: Hiking Shindagin Hollow State Forest
How Not To Hike the High Peaks Region of the Adirondacks With a Yearling Doe
North Carolina Hikes
The Many Biting Flies of Stair Step Falls in the Green River Game Lands
Walk a Revolutionary War Era Road: Alexander’s Ford at Bradley Nature Preserve on the Overmountain Victory Trail
Mystery Mountain: Western Ascent of Cedar Rock Mountain in Pisgah National Forest
Getting the Goat Up Early: Daniel Ridge Loop in Pisgah National Forest
Hike the Toughest Railroad Grade in the East: The Saluda Grade Ghost Line from Melrose Falls to Saluda, NC
Milton Bradley Falls in Green River Game Lands
“Goat Out” at Birkhead Mountains Wilderness
Saddle Up for Saddleback Trail at South Mountains State Park
Urban Goat on the Go: A Wonderland of Art on the Raleigh Greenway
Get Washed Away on Falls Lake Trail (MST)
Rock the Quarry at Dupont State Forest
Bamboo Cruising on the Eno River
The Vaughn Creek Greenway in Tryon, NC
Raven Rock State Park and the Case of the Goat Packing Permit
Run the Rapids: Green River Cove Trail on North Carolina’s Green River Game Lands
Leashed and Loving It – How to Conqueror Moses H. Cone Memorial Park By Goat
Goat on a Rope: Mastering the Suspension Bridge at Turkey Pen
Goat Hiking in Panthertown
The Road Through the White Pines: Glady Fork Road to Dolly Masters Road in Headwaters State Forest
Unexpectedly Interesting: Norman Wilder Forest in Tryon, NC
Melrose Falls in Tryon, NC
Dawn Raid: Hike in Town at the Bradley Nature Preserve in Saluda, NC
Unlock William B. Umstead State Park on Hoof and Foot
Just Say Yes to the American Tobacco Trail
There’s Always One on the Eno River
Water Falls and Rock Falls at Dupont State Forest
Clouds and Cliffs at Pilot Mountain State Park
Bridal Veil Falls at Dupont State Forest
Run the Rapids: Green River Cove Trail on North Carolina’s Green River Game Lands
Fly Fishing Trails of the Chattooga River District
Hike the Heart of the Forest at Dupont
South Carolina Hikes
Ruins Runs at Croft State Park: Take a Trip to the Farm on Beech Tree Trail
The Original Foster Mill of Foster Mill Loop? Check Out the Ruins on Rocky Ridge Trail at Croft State Park
Water Works: Explore the Ruins of a Spring Water Bottling Plant at Croft State Park
Visit the Reborn Roadside Park at Wildcat Wayside on Highway 11
The Graveyard Grind: Exploring the Graveyards of Croft State Park
The Trillium Super Bloom at Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve in Landrum, South Carolina
Heritage Falls: Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve
Hike to the Overlook on the Roundtop Mountain Passage of the Palmetto Trail
Television in Motion: The Blue Wall Passage to the Hogback Mountain TV Antenna
Graveyard of the Dodge Pickup: The Secret Pond on Persimmon Ridge Road
View to a Falls: Beech Bottom Falls Trail
Visit the Railroad Graveyard at Twin Falls (AKA Reedy Cove Falls) in Eastatoe Valley, South Carolina
Hike the Land of the Pines: Wine-Turkey Creek Trail in Sumter National Forest
Hemlock Hike on the Roundtop Mountain Passage of the Palmetto Trail
Urban Goat on The Go: Columbia’s Canal Walk
Fall in Love With the Blue Ridge Electric Co-op Passage of the Palmetto Trail
Journey Through Time in Jones Gap
Goat Trek: Eastatoe Passage of the Palmetto Trail
Fant’s Grove Humidity Hike
Experience Southern Snow at Sand Hills State Forest
Hike the Land of the Pines: Wine-Turkey Creek Trail in Sumter National Forest
The Blue Wall Passage
Hike a WW2 Firing Range at Croft State Park
Keeping Pack Goats
Why Buy a Pack Goat?
Why Not to Buy a Pack Goat
Choosing a Doe to Pack With
The Idiot’s Guide to Teaching Goats to Pack
How Much Does Owning a Pack Goat Cost?
Preggo Packer: How to tell when your doe needs to go on maternity leave!
Hiking With Does and Kids
Getting the Right Gear: Equipment for Training and Packing Goats
A First Aid Kit For Pack Goats
First Aid Kit Emergency Sheet
Choosing a Wether to Pack With
Castrating Pack Goat Prospects
How to Pull Blood on a Goat
FAMANCHA Score Your Way To Successful Deworming
How to Vaccinate a Goat
Hoof Trimming for Pack Goats
Diagnosing Sprains, Breaks, and Foot Abcesses
Valgus (Bent Leg) in Goats
A Guide to P. Tenuis for Pack Goats
Trail Hazards: Poisonous Plants of the Southeast
Meet the Goats
WETHER – HIKER – Mule
WETHER – HIKER – Razzy
DOELING – Tawny
DOELING – Sage
DOELING – Ginger
DOE – Coconut
DOE – HIKER – Kiwi
DOE – HIKER- Pineapple
WETHER – Fugly
SOLD – BUCK – Faro
SOLD – BUCK – Hunk o’ Burn’in Love
SOLD – HIKER – Big Kahuna
SOLD – DOE – Cafe Latte
SOLD – HIKER – Moose
SOLD – HIKER – Cherry
SOLD – HIKER – Opus
SOLD – HIKER – DeeDee
SOLD – HIKER – Bakri
DECEASED – HIKER – Mocha
DECEASED – HIKER – Dogo
Goats For Sale
FAQs
The Goat Mobiles Past and Present
North Carolina State Park Regulations For Pack Goats
Contact Me
Human & Human Hikes
GEORGIA: Blood Mountain on the Appalachian Trail
COLORADO: Not Just for Arrakis – Colorado’s Dune Sea
GEORGIA: Fog Hike to Woody Gap Fire Tower
GEORGIA: Preserving History at Sawnee Mountain Nature Preserve
GEORGIA: Yonah Mountain
GEORGIA: James E. Edmonds Trail and Black Rock Lake Trail at Black Rock Mountain State Park
GEORGIA: Providence Canyon State Park
GEORGIA: The Lake Loop – Homestead Trail at Red Top Mountain State Park
GEORGIA: Germany in Georgia
GEORGIA: Visit the Backpacker Starting Zone – Springer Mountain to Len Foote Hike Inn on the Appalachian Trail
GEORGIA: Check Out the Drought at John’s Mountain WMA
GEORGIA: Hike in to the Hike Inn at Amicalola Falls
GEORGIA: Saving the Hemlocks at Angel Falls
GEORGIA: Sweetwater Creek State Park
GEORGIA: Quarries, Homesites and Monadnocks on the Arabia Mountain PATH Trail
GEORGIA: Wagon Drivers Hidden Falls
GEORGIA: Fall Branch Falls
GEORGIA: The Cloudland Canyon 11 miler
GEORGIA: Buckeye Cove Falls
GEORGIA: Lance Creek Trail at Jake’s Mountain
GEORGIA: Explore Georgia’s Abandoned Iron Ore Furnaces
GEORGIA: Southern Terminus of the Appalachian Trail
GEORGIA: Horse Trough Falls and Chute Falls
GEORGIA: Woody Gap to Lance Creek Campsite on the Appalachian Trail
JAPAN: Tsuwano the Little Kyoto
MAINE: Cold in Acadia
NORTH CAROLINA: The Poetry of Goats at Carl Sandburg
NORTH CAROLINA: Mingus Mill and Other Ways to Get Off the Couch at the Cherokee Indian Reservation
NORTH CAROLINA: Get Lost in the Labyrinth at Panthertown
NORTH CAROLINA: Looking Glass Rock Trail in Pisgah National Forest
Hike the Coleman River Scenic Area and Coleman River Trail in Chattahoochee National Forest
NORTH CAROLINA: Waterfalls of the Cherokee Reservation
NORTH CAROLINA: Big and Little Bradley Falls
NORTH CAROLINA: The Back Way into the North Carolina Arboretum
SOUTH CAROLINA: Lilies Among the Locks at Landsford Canal State Park
SOUTH CAROLINA: Hagood Mill State Historic Site
SOUTH CAROLINA: Ashmore Heritage Preserve and the Old Camp Spearhead
SOUTH CAROLINA: Table Rock Trail at Table Rock State Park
SOUTH CAROLINA: Miuka Falls
SOUTH CAROLINA: Yellow Creek Falls
SOUTH CAROLINA: 40 Acre Preserve Rocks
SOUTH CAROLINA: The Paris Mountain 10 Mile
SOUTH CAROLINA: History Hike to Guignard Brickyard, Congaree Creek Earthworks, Old Fort Congaree, Granby, and Granby Locks on Cayce River Walk and Three Rivers Greenway
SOUTH CAROLINA: Licklog and Pigpen Waterfalls
TENNESSEE: Visit The Jetson’s House at Clingman’s Dome
UTAH: Ponder Prehistoric Petroglyphs in Canyonlands
Loop Around the Lake at Yonah Preserve
Battle of Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
Bounce on the Bridge Loop at Chicopee Woods
Jack in the Pulpits at Elanchee Nature Preserve
The Battle of Utoy Creek at Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
SOUTH CAROLINA: The Wildlife Hike at Congaree National Park
History Hike: Quarries, Homesites, and Monadnocks on Arabia Mountain PATH Trail
The Lake Loop: Homestead Trail at Red Top Mountain State Park
Hagood Mill State Historic Site
Visit the Backpacker Starting Zone – Springer Mountain to Len Foote Hike Inn on the Appalachian Trail
40 Acre Rock Preserve Rocks!
Buckeye Cove Falls
The Jacks River Fields Campground Tour
Hike an Eden on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Craggy Gardens
Horse Trough Falls and Chute Falls in Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area
Roadside Attractions: Andrew’s Geyser
Campbell’s Covered Bridge in Landrum, South Carolina
Hike Into the Sunset: Frying Pan Mountain Firetower on the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Warm Up Hike: Minnehaha Falls on Lake Rabun
Battle of Musgrove Mill State Historic Site
Climbing on Flat Land at Boat Rock Bouldering Area in Atlanta
Visit a Mountain Swamp: Filmy Fern Falls
Inside an Ink Wash Painting: Hiking Chimney Rock in Fog
SOUTH CAROLINA: The Wildlife Hike at Congaree National Park
Nature’s Garden: Pearson’s Falls and Glen
Hike the Coleman River Scenic Area and Coleman River Trail in Chattahoochee National Forest
Fern Springs Day Use Picnic Area at Lake Russell WMA & Chattahoochee National Forest
Sandcastles of the Civil War: Hiking Ship Island in Gulfport, Mississippi
Hanging Rock Trail at Hanging Rock State Park
Adventures in Electric Bike Ownership
Cycle in Sand: McQueens Island Rail Trail on an Electric Bike
Fonta Flora Trail: Ride to Point Look Out in Old Fort, NC By Electric Bike
Ride the Water – Dick’s Creek and Boggs Creek Recreation Area by Electric Bike
Electric Bike Ride to Oktoberfest in Helen, GA
So Their Names Would Not Be Forgotten: Ride the Roads Named After Pickens County Legends
Under the Cover of Darkness: Halloween Ride to Chenocetah Fire Tower
Ride the Swamp Rabbit Trail from Greenville, SC to Traveler’s Rest, SC
Roof of the World: An Electric Urban Commuter Bike Conquers Sassafras Mountain
Campbell’s Covered Bridge in Landrum, South Carolina
Ride to the Stars: The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Loop by Electric Bike
The Sound of Music Tour in Tryon, NC: Nina Simone’s House and Tributes
The Electric Bike Ride “Three Miles Up, Three Miles Down” to the Currahee Summit in Toccoa, GA
Vanishing South: Ride the Palmetto Trail’s Peak to Prosperity Rail Trail on an Electric Bike
Historic Roadside Springs: The Camp Pioneer Spring on Highway 108 in Georgia
Looking Glass Falls by Electric Bike on the Pisgah Main Gate Loop
So Steep You’ll Slide Backwards – Conquering Hiawassee’s Bell Mountain by Electric Bike
Highest Point in Georgia: Electric Bike Peak Bagging on Brasstown Bald
Historic Roadside Springs: Cold Spring on Persimmon Road in Tiger, GA
Watery Ways: Tour the Hendersonville, NC Lake Country by Electric Bike
Electric Bike Adventures: Summit of Caesars Head Ride
Wild Ride on a Road Without Guard Rails: Shunkawauken Falls By Electric Bike
Electric Bike Adventures: Tire Suicide at Jumping Off Rock in the Jocasse Gorges
Electric Bike to the Sanctuary at Boyd Island on the Saluda Riverwalk in Columbia, South Carolina
STAGE 1: Electric Biking the Blue Ridge Parkway From Cherokee to Standing Rock Overlook
STAGE 2: The Mount Mitchell Assault by Electric Bike on the Blue Ridge Parkway
STAGE 3: Electric Bike the Blue Ridge Parkway from Mount Mitchell to Little Switzerland
STAGE 5: Climb into the Heavens on an Electric Bike – Asheville to Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway
STAGE 6: Ride the Blue Ridge Parkway Viaduct on an Electric Bike
STAGE 7: Electric Bike Thru the Highest Point on the Parkway – Standing Rock Overlook to Cherry Cove Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Fun Gravel Roads for Electric Bikes: Gates Chapel Road to the Conasauga Lake Fire Tower
Electric Biking Microtours: The Tree That Owns Itself in Athens, Georgia
How to Win a Losing Situation: Fort Pulaski By Electric Bike
Electric Bike Ride Thru History: The Poinsett Bridge and the Greenville Watershed at North Saluda Reservoir
Half Way There By Electric Bike: The Silver Comet From Mavell Road to Rockmart
The Century Ride: Electric Bike a Hundred Miles on the Silver Comet and Chief Ladiga Trail
How to Treat a Goat With a Dog Bite
DOELING – Ginger
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