Mumbly Peg: The Marathon Game Ends

Mumbly Peg: The Marathon Game Ends



What happens when you lose!!!!



Mumblety-peg (also known as mumbley-peg, mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg or mumble-de-peg) is an old outdoor game played by children using pocketknives. The term “Mumblety-peg” came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth. Mumbletypeg was very popular as a schoolyard game in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, but with increased concern over child safety the game has declined in popularity. Mark Twain’s book Tom Sawyer, Detective recounts “mumbletypeg” as one of boys’ favorite outdoor games.

Roger On The West Fork Of The Chattooga River

Roger On The West Fork Of The Chattooga River

CHATTOOGA NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER, WEST FORK/CHATTOOGA RIVER SECTION TWO PHOTOS – JUNE 15, 2013

CHATTOOGA NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER, WEST FORK/CHATTOOGA RIVER SECTION TWO PHOTOS – JUNE 15, 2013

LANDSFORD CANAL KAYAKING/HIKING

LANDSFORD CANAL

Kayakers On The Chattooga River After "Five Falls"

Here's a group of kayakers on the Chattooga River after they cleared a series of class five rapids known as "Five Falls" not far from Westminster, S.C.  We watched them float by from a beach at the end of a 2.2 mile trail to the river.  

Toccoa River Trip Photos - July 14, 2012

Here's some photos from our trip down the Toccoa River last weekend.  The rains were heavy all week and gave us just enough flow to pull this trip off.  

This is the put-in at Deep Hole Campground near Suches, GA.  It was only $3 to park here overnight.

Aw crap - lost the drain plug to my boat.  Here's the duck tape job to keep the water out.  Phillip, Rob and I all got pinned against a tree and since I was the last in line - the river took me out first.  It also claimed my drain plug and fishing pole.   

Here it is .. the famed Benton MacKaye Trail suspension bridge over the Toccoa River. The boys scout the rapids below before we kayak under it.

First up for the big rapid is Pratt. Here he is below the Benton MacKaye Trail suspension bridge - getting one last look.

Our campsite along the Toccoa River.   

Kayaking the the Toccoa River in the Chattahoochee National Forest just past our campsite.  

The Rooster got a soaking when we pulled out at Sandy Bottoms.  (Well actually - we all did).

Kayaks loaded up at Sandy Bottoms and ready for the trip home.  

Benton MacKaye Trail Suspension Bridge Over The Toccoa River

Benton MacKaye Trail Suspension Bridge Over The Toccoa River

Here it is .. the famed Benton MacKaye Trail suspension bridge over the Toccoa River. The boys scout the rapids below before we kayak under it.