Ft. Oglethorpe 12.11.18

It was a little chilly and icey today so we decided to start a little later.  We all met at the lower parking lot of the Ft. Oglethorpe headquarters.  It was in the low 30's when we started and warmed up to the low 40's by the time we finished.  Otherwize the weather was perfect with not a cloud in the sky.  There were 21 of  us on this 6.2 mile hike.  We changed the path of this hike since we had so much rain and these trails are subject to flooding.  We did very well with minimum mud!  The hike went a little further than planned but since it was very flat, it was not much of a problem.  As is often the case with larger groups, we did get a bit strung out, but we didn't lose anyone, at least I don't think we did.  We even saw deer on several occasions, but they stayed pretty far away from us.  This like lasted about three hours and our average speed was 2.6 mph.  Following the hike we had lunch in Ft. Oglethorpe at Park Place Restaurant.  Since this hike was flat I did not include an altitude graph.  If you would like to see some photos, click here.  No so many as my view finder kept fogging up.