{"id":3170,"date":"2021-11-22T22:21:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=3170"},"modified":"2021-11-22T22:28:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:28:05","slug":"bird-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2021\/11\/22\/bird-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3171\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_173405541_HDR-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_173405541_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_173405541_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_173405541_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frozen head has a lot to offer. We ascended 1,600 ft and 2.8 mi to this beautiful campsite atop Bird Mountain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3172\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090920281_HDR-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090920281_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090920281_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090920281_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3173\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_171933846_HDR-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_171933846_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_171933846_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a cold and windy night on Friday. Here at about 3,200 ft, the fire laid sideways.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3174\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_191738864-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_191738864-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_191738864-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3175\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_154505023_HDR-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_154505023_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_154505023_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are some incredible rock formations at the top of this ridge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3176\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_153855558_HDR-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_153855558_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_153855558_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3181\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090910263_HDR-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090910263_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090910263_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211120_090910263_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3177\" src=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_141805849-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_141805849-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_141805849-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_20211119_141805849-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That is our loop. We went up the bird springs trail, back down the Jeep road,\u00a0 which is actually the tower Overlook road.<\/p>\n<p>I am fond of Frozen Head; feels like our own little mini Smokies.<\/p>\n<p>Good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Now let&#8217;s have some music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPOgiy8M2dI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frozen head has a lot to offer. We ascended 1,600 ft and 2.8 mi to this beautiful campsite atop Bird Mountain. It was a cold and windy night on Friday. Here at about 3,200 ft, the fire laid sideways. There &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2021\/11\/22\/bird-springs\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3183,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions\/3183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}