Pictures from the Hike

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Just a note to tell you that I have added pictures from the hike to my pictures link... they are beautiful pictures!! We had the most fun on the hike yesterday. It was a beautiful day for a hike... it was mid to upper 70's and it was partly sunny for most of the hike. (In the last mile it did sprinkle but we didn't mind at all). We ended up going about 13 miles and were in the woods for about 8 hours. Needless to say I am very sore today!!

The Amicalola Falls were absolutely beautiful and I took quite a few pictures of the falls. The falls were in the first mile of the approach to the Appalachian Trail. We ended up walking up the back side of the falls so we saw very little of the falls on our way in. We did go to the top and saw the view from the top. We then walked about 5 miles of the approach to the Appalachian Trail. We then circled to a lodge where we stopped and ate our packed lunch. We then followed the lodge path back to the falls and then walked down the front of the Amicalola Falls. The most difficult part was the approach to the Appalachian Trail because it went up and down all of the hills instead of walking around them... but it all was a lot of fun!!

We are looking to go back to the trail and hike from the lodge to the beginning of the Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain in a few weeks. The path from the lodge to Springer Mountain is about the same distance as the waterfall to the lodge so we would be able to do the path from the lodge to Springer Mountain and back in one day. If we were to start where we did yesterday it would be a good 2 day walk from the falls to Springer Mountain.

Enjoy looking at the pictures... I sure enjoyed taking them!!