Family Vacation 2017

Day Nine

Friday, July 14th, 2017

High Shoals Falls, Hiawassee, GA

The drive to the trail head involved crossing a stream:

We made it to the trail:

The 2.4 mile trail leads to two large waterfalls. We encountered a few challenges along the trail:

We took breaks by the stream:

We made it to the first falls:

Off to hike to the second waterfall:

We decided to hike to the top of the waterfall:

Time to make our way back. 

We made it!:

We decided to drive to another trail head and check out Anna Ruby Falls. On the drive we came across the Appalachian Trail at Mile 0:

Mommy was excited to walk on the longest hiking-only footpath in the world:

Anna Ruby Falls

We stopped at the visitors center:

And found the trail head:

We hiked the short but steep paved trail enjoying the stream along the way:

We made it to Anna Ruby Falls a double waterfall:

After the hike Rachel got stung by a wasp:

We got some great medicine from the visitors center and the pain stopped pretty quickly.  

We then decided to explore the Interpretive Trail:

We enjoyed a picnic lunch and played in the stream: 

We looked for "gold" with mommy:

        We found out it was mica.

We had a great day!