My desire to take photos is inversely proportional to the temperature. The older it is, the less likely I am to fish out the camera, take off my gloves, and record a photo. But the temperature moderated, to a balmy 37 degress, and the sun actually came out for a short time, so I managed to get some photos of he bare rock area that I am currently mapping.
First, the new construction has begun. As always, they make a mess in the process of making something nice. This is the new park road for access to the visitor center. The old road (flat rock road) was dirt and ran right across a portion of bare rock. The new road will swing around to the east and avoid the flat rock.
The flat rock area is becoming clearer now. It is a shallow reentrant, about 300 to 400 meters wide and 800 to 1000 meters long, gently sloping down to the northeast. A reentrant that big is only noticeable on the map - standing there, you cannot tell. It looks like the terrain is either level or sloping away to the northeast. Imagine that it is doted with ponds and lakes, some as small as your living room, others as large as a football field. Now, mentally convert those ponds to bare rock and you have an idea of what it's like. The vegetation is stunted - I can only guess because the rock is just beneath the surface.
East of the bare rock reentrant, the terrain gets much steeper. Well, steep for Chattahoochee Bend, anyway. The rock has eroded and left huge boulders. More about that in future reports.
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