• Date: 2023-09-30

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Jeeping on Sarah's Creek Road and Willis Knob Road in Rabun County.

Sarah's Creek Road is a familiar staple.  Willis Knob is a well-maintained forest service road.

 

Attempting to call N4TS with a temporary mobile setup.  We could hear this 2m repeater, but the transmitter could not hear us.

 

23° incline

 

A spot on Sarah's Creek Road that I was not able to safely pass.  A couple of months ago this spot scared me, but at this point it was more of an annoyance.  If I had buddies with me I probably would have tried to navigate it.  The front tire can rock climb.  It's hilarious and exhilarating.

 

Drone photos.  I frequently think about making photos like this the background of my computer.

 

My drone and controller.

 

Haocheng made gyros.  We set up at a camp site on the side of Sarah's Creek Road, but quickly decided to relocate before eating after yellow jackets appeared.

 

The second lunch location.  Much better.

 

An ant found a huge piece of lettuce.  I don't know how they do it.

 

Using the drone to take still photos at our lunch location.

 

I am in the beginner stages of learning how to take no-joke aerial photography.  For what started as my desire to have the drone experience, I wasn't aware of the implications of aerial photography for my shutter-bug hobby.

  No videos in this gallery.  I am trying to learn a new toy.

 

I mean, we were just in the mountains.  This is the unadulterated vantage from 300 feet above the ground.  It's breathtaking, and it's too bad I didn't get into this stuff earlier than I did.

 

Now, for a complete change of perspective using the traditional DSLR camera.

 

You can see the Wrangler.

 

Simply Beautiful

 

On the way back, Haocheng and I wanted to go to the 2024 Balloon Festival in Athens, but once we saw all of this traffic (which I subsequently photographed with the drone, we decided to go directly home.  It was a fun day.