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| Wild & Scenic Chatooga River at Bull Sluice Rapid |
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| Scarlet Tanager |
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| Vogel State Park, Lake Trahlyta and a resting Roy |
Moved over the state line into northern Georgia's oldest state park, beautiful Vogel, located at the base of Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee Forest.
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| White winged Junco enjoying his lunch with us |
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| on Bear Hair Gap trail - no bears sadly |
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| Pink Lady's Slipper Orchid |
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| Squaw Root |
Hiked Bear Hair Gap trail with wonderful wildflowers and next day trekked part of the Appalachian trail up to Blood Mountain (4458ft). According to legend, a fierce battle between the Creek and Cherokee occured between Blood and Slaughter mountains. The battle raged so long that the streams ran red with blood.
I prefer the other legend about the cave of gold on Blood Mountain. Before the Cherokees were rounded up and sent to Oklahoma, they buried their tribal treasures in a cave atop Blood Mountain. Many searches have been made but neither gold nor caves have been found.
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| blood Mountain summit |
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| Blood Mountain trail |
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| Sock Snake! |
We drove up Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia at 4784ft, surrounded by endless views of hazy mountains in four states.
We are now at Black Rock Mountain State Park, named for its sheer cliffs of dark coloured biotite gneiss ( are you impressed I know this?) It sits astride the Eatern Continental Divide at an altitude of 3,640 feet, the highest state park in Georgia. Exploring tomorrow!
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| Brasstown Bald |
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| summit of Brasstown Bald and Roy looking brassed off! |
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| Walasi - Yi Inn on Appalchian trail - hikers who have left their boots! |
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| DeSoto Falls |
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| DeSoto Falls |
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| Roy playing |
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| Helton Creek Falls |
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| Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid |
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