RepubliKKKans Suck Ass!

Well, the RepubliKKKan fucks have seemingly wrecked our vacation plans. We have a fall-back option to go to a different part of the southern Appalachians. But it won't be the same. Mainly, I'll likely be very limited in where I can hike since the place we're going is heavy on National Forest lands but light on State Parks.

Shit.

I hate RepubliKKKans. I swear to Jove, I hate their freaking, worthless guts.

There are several nice waterfalls where we'll probably end up. But all of them are on National Forest lands. I don't know if I'll be able to get to them.

I've only seen this waterfall once. I'd like to go there again, but it's on National Forest Land. Access could be denied.

Not sure if I'll be able to access this peak--it's on National Forest Land.

Frozen Out!

Well, the government shut-down has all but killed our vacation plans. As if I needed one more reason to hate Republicans.

We were hoping to stay at a National Forest campground that had been very high on our list for some years. It doesn't have hookups for power or water, so we were going to depend on our on-board water tank and our 2000-watt Honda generator. We actually love those kinds of campgrounds because they are generally a lot less crowded. However, all National Park and National Forest campgrounds are locked up tight because of our crazed right wing office holders in the House of Representatives. Maybe they'll relent in time for me to book campsites, but I rather doubt it. The neo-Fascist group we now have to deal with in Congress are a virulently hateful and destructive bunch of scum.

We might still go somewhere. We're not sure.

Pisgah National Forest. Can't go camping there.

Waterfall in a National Forest. I could possible hike in, but Carole can't go because she doesn't hike.

In Pisgah National Forest. Nope. Can't go there.

Can't go here. National Forest site.

This is in a state park. We could go there, but we visited it recently.

Definitely can't go here, because it's administered by the National Forest.