Saturday, August 16th, taking a break and running errands.
We leave Saturdays to everybody else.
Instead of hiking and touring, we just take a break and get our errands done.
While doing our errands,
we found the Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow…
It is open on Saturday from 7am to noon and Tuesday from 3pm to 7pm.
It’s large enough to have a great selection, but small enough to be fun!!!
We managed 3 trips there during our stay :o))
Don’t miss this gem if you visit this area!!!
Sunday, August 17th, we planned to hike to DeSoto Falls and visit Vogel State Park.
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The hikes to both falls are short and relatively easy.
Unfortunately, the water level was very low and the falls were just a trickle ;o((
It would have been a great walk in the woods, except for the sound of motorcycles!!
There was some type of rally or bike ride along the road next to Desoto. I’m sure they were having a great time, but the noise was more than either of us wanted to hear. Since Vogel State Park is also along this road, we decided to let them have Sunday and we would visit Vogel State Park on a quieter day during the week.
Tuesday, August 19th, we kayaked Lake Nottley with Karen and Al.
These are my favorite types of adventures, we just followed where they led us:o))
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Thanks Karen and Al for a great day on the lake!!
Wednesday, August 20th, we hiked at Vogel State Park, just 3 miles away:o))
All the trails, except the lake trail begin behind the visitor center.
We hiked two trails:
Bear Hair Gap Trail – highlighted in Pink
Trahlyta Lake Trail – highlighted in Orange
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Karen and Al, this is the bridge where we found the buckeyes!!!
The bridge is only about 1/2 mile along the trail:o))
It is a challenging, but fun hike!!!
Interesting finds…..
Blight killed the large Chestnut Trees in this area.
People have marked some stumps with stones to resemble grave markers.
Never saw anything like this before… sort of gross ;o((
A rather large but very pretty frog ;o))
OOPS…. fast forward very quickly Karen… sorry !!!
We finished the Bear Hair Trail just in time for lunch.
How’s this for a beautiful lunch spot :o))
After lunch,
we walked the one mile trail around Lake Trahlyta,
including the short spur trail to the falls.
Friday, August 22nd, hiking to Raven Cliff Falls.
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The trail follows Dodd Creek all the way to Raven Cliffs Falls.
You will pass several smaller falls along the way.
Unfortunately, Raven Cliffs Falls was but a trickle due to low water levels;o((
Regardless, it was a very pretty hike along a beautiful creek!!!
What are you going to do when you've completed a hike on every trail in North America? Take Spanish lessons and head South??? :c)
ReplyDeleteGlad you're having a ball out there in the wild!
Si Senor :o)
DeleteLooks a bit like hiking in Acadia. What fun!
ReplyDeleteNice catch up post Nancy! I hope you can get back here sometime in the fall and do some more hikes. We found out you can park at the Walasi-Yi center on a week-day, if you just ask them. We may give it a try this morning with my new hiking shoes!
ReplyDeleteEither direction from Walasi-Yi on the AT would be a fun hike!! Hope the new hiking shoes are what you need to make the toes feel better!!! Have fun and we'll look forward to your post of the experience.
DeleteOh those veggies look scrumptious! It doesn't look like there's a lack of hiking in that area :)
ReplyDeleteFarmers Market looks awesome! Beautiful views!
ReplyDeleteAfter your first low water falls I thought that the Georgia mountains must be out of water but your later ones were really great. Looks like you have made the rounds there and hiked some very nice trails. Those leg muscles Bill is sporting as he walks up those steps are pretty powerful looking. The people in our area in Virginia really did grieve for the Chestnuts. They were a very important tree to all the mountain people. We have stumps on our property which keep trying to grow still and the blight lets them get about 5' tall and then kills them again. It's so sad.
ReplyDeleteNothing says Summer like fresh tomatoes and corn! I do love me some mountain waterfalls!
ReplyDeleteSyl
Great produce and Great hikes- looks like a winner.
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