by Teri (KO4WFP) Daisy and I awoke the morning of Thursday, July 18, ready to attempt our third SOTA activation of this trip. Today weβd head to Mount Jefferson State Natural Area (US-3846), a short drive from New River State Park. Along the drive, I spied quite a few farms for Christmas trees. Mount Jefferson β¦ Continue reading The POTA Babe Gets Wet β Day 5β
by Teri (KO4WFP) I woke on day four (Wednesday, July 17) of my North Carolina camping and POTA trip, determined for it to be a better day. The three unsuccessful activations were actually a good thing. It put me on notice that I had fallen into my past habit of scheduling to the max. Sometimes β¦ Continue reading Things Pick Back Up for the POTA Babe β Day 4β
by Teri (KO4WFP) As my friend Jon KC1FUU says βSome days are diamonds, some are stone.β The third day (Tuesday, July 16) of my North Carolina trip definitely fell into the βstoneβ category. The day began nice enough with a slow but steady pace. As our next overnight stay was at Lake James State Park, β¦ Continue reading The POTA Babe Strikes Out β Day 3β
by Teri (KO4WFP) Monday, July 15, after my βbotchedβ SOTA activation of Black Balsam, the POTA Babe headed to Richland Balsam. Richland Balsam proved to be a nice hike and activation. The mountain is further up the parkway and the highest point on it. You access the trail to the summit via an overlook just β¦ Continue reading The POTA Babe Becomes a SOTA Babe β Part 2β
by Teri (KO4WFP) Monday, July 15, the second day of my North Carolina camping trip for POTA and SOTA, started chilly with overcast skies. Today I would attempt my first SOTA activations. I chose two easy summits β Black Balsam Knob and RichlandΒ Balsam. Daisy and I headed out after a simple breakfast up US β¦ Continue reading The POTA Babe Becomes a SOTA Babe β Part 1β
by Teri (KO4WFP) Sunday, July 14 finally arrived, a day for which I prepared the past five weeks. It was time for Daisy and the POTA Babe to head to North Carolina for a week of POTA, SOTA, and camping. The drive was straight-forward and easy β Interstate 95 to Interstate 26. About four hours β¦ Continue reading The POTA Babe Goes North β Day 1β