walking it off

the vickery creek unit is the best in the chattahoochee national recreation area --- we did half the loop today, checked out the mill dam (c. 1853), which robert and dog had not seen before, saw a lot of mountain laurel in bloom, and made it to the covered bridge just before a storm blew through --- a dozen or so soaked people and dogs eventually joined us, clearly not having checked the weather radar as the sky darkened --- the trails were awful even when dry (another benefit of tax cuts for the wealthy), so we decided to walk back down atlanta street to the car, and found the road blocked to cars because of downed trees in two places ---