Tag: State Park
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FDR State Park – Georgia
My grown daughter asked to go hiking today, so what does a mama do? Spend the day hiking with her! We woke up early, grabbed Starbucks and made the hour and a half drive to FDR State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia. FDR State Park is a great place for hikers with over 40 miles […]
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Week in Blue Ridge
Day 1 We left home around 10 am. We stopped in East Ellijay at a BBQ spot, Pooles BBQ, to have lunch and then we headed to Ingles to get some groceries. We arrived to the cabin right at check-in time (4:00 pm). We went to check out the house and all the bed arrangements […]
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Saturday explorations
This morning started very early at 4:30 am to head out by 5:00 for my hubby’s volleyball tournament. We arrived at the venue by 7:30 and I was headed to Sweetwater Creek State Park. I arrived and was ready to hike by about 8:00. Sweetwater Creek State Park is located at 1750 Mount Vernon RoadLithia […]
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Saturday Explorations
Today I started the day at Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin Georgia. It is located at 8930 Canyon RoadLumpkin, GA 31815 I hiked the 7 mile Backcountry Trail (red blaze). The red blaze ends and you pick up on the Canyon Loop Trail (white blaze). According to Georgia State Parks Website “Backcountry Trail 7 […]
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Weekend Explorations – Dalton Georgia
It’s volleyball season, so crazy weekend schedules. After work Friday, we headed out to Dalton. Dalton is about 3 1/2 hours away, so too far to drive there Saturday morning. We arrived to the hotel late because traffic in Atlanta was horrendous as usual. Saturday morning, we woke up and I dropped my hubby off […]
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Perfect Gainesville Florida weekend
Thursday night rolled around and I didn’t have any plans for the weekend! I knew this had to be remedied immediately. I started searching for somewhere that I didn’t think wouldn’t be packed with spring breakers, didn’t cost $400 plus a night for lodging and offered some type of hiking and adventuring. Some of the […]
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Georgia weekend explorations
You guessed it, another volleyball weekend and my random explorations… We headed up to Suwanee, Georgia after work on Friday. I had made a dinner reservation for us at our favorite dinner spot there, Trattoria One 41. It is a very nice authentic Italian restaurant. Before dinner is served, they bring out a fresh bread […]
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North Georgia Exploration
What do you do when you have a long weekend? Well this long weekend, I rented a tiny house in Clayton Georgia and headed north to get a sneak peek of the fall colors. I do think it was a little early for the full leaf changing, but when I get an extra day off […]
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Adventure close to home
Yesterday I was chomping at the bit to photograph somewhere I hadn’t been or been in a while…and low and behold, found a new place and a few cute spots on the trip there today. This morning, we woke up and cooked some biscuits a gravy and headed west to Providence Canyon, near Lumpkin, Georgia. We […]