Longleaf pine and oak logs all over the place

[Greg Brown]

My wife and I visited FDR State Park near Warm Springs, Ga to do some hiking on some of the more than 40 miles of hiking trails through the park.
We went to the Dowdell Knob trail, a modestly strenuous hike of about 4.3 miles (actually 4.3 utterly exhausting miles for us old folks).
Dowdell's Knob was Franklin Roosevelt's favorite picnic spot when he was visiting Warm Spring's.



 
The  view from the Knob.


 

About a mile down the trail we encountered an area at first sight I thought had been logged, but apparently a tornado had struck here in the not too distant past.



 


  

A very twisted tree trunk.



 

There were so many downed oaks ALL of us could stay very busy milling them.
These were cut to clear the trail.



  

 

I could not believe the many longleaf pines laying around.

This one was over 65 feet to the lowest limbs


 

Yours truly "pining" over one of the downed longleafs.
WDH I was thinking about you the whole time. 


  

 

Yet in the middle of all the brokenness and destruction there were signs of encouragement.


 




   

[Magicman]

   That last picture proves that in the midst of it all, life goes on.  Thanks for the hike. ;D 

[WDH]

There are some beautiful woods in the Pine Mountain area.  It is a shame that those grand old longleafs where blown over.  Too bad that they cannot be recovered.

[drobertson]

Very nice hike!  and it is most certainly a shame that parks almost always close the door on recovering downed timber from storms. 

[justallan1]

Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Allan

[yukon cornelius]

those are great pictures. everywhere I go im looking at logs laying around. last time we went do pomme de terre lake park we jogged the trail, they had cut up a solid near 24 inch hickory and several large oaks into firewood lengths. I thought what a waste it was.

[thecfarm]

Mother Nature doing the thinning. As I tell people,If you don't do it,Mother nature will.

[Greg Brown]

As if the logs laying around was not bad enough, I just had to see this large burl too.



 

[5quarter]

  Too bad that they cannot be recovered.

Sure they can be recovered. and by the time you get out of prison, they should be dry and ready build with. ;) :D :D

Greg...yeah, what a waste.

[WDH]

Wow.  What a burl.  Hmmmmmmmm.

[21incher]

Great shots. Thanks for sharing. It would be nice if they could get a logger with horses to recover the logs and make it part of the park experience.