Cloudland Canyon State Park, Georgia

 Our next stop was Cloudland Canyon State Park in Georgia.  We had an overnight at a brewery between Little Rock and Cloudland to break up the trip.  Dave enjoyed a beer, I enjoyed a black cherry cider.  

Cloudland Canyon State Park had several hikes that we enjoyed.  We were there on our 35th Anniversary.  So we did a 5 mile hike and went to a golf resort overlooking mountains for dinner.  We sat outside, it was beautiful weather and a nice little celebration.

The first hike we did was through the woods with views of the canyon.  It is interesting  how different a “canyon” is in Georgia vs out west.  They are both spectacular in their own way.  West - the dramatic rocks and size;  East - so lush, with some views of rocks.  Nothing more refreshing to me than a walk in the woods.

There were so many pinecones on the trees that we saw.  I tried to capture jut a small example,  

Good example of how lush with view of some rock

Just never know what you find interesting along the trail.  I kind of thought of this as natures abstract art

When I see caves like this, always wonder who it is home to

The second hike we did was to two different falls, Cherokee and Hemlock.  The total number of stairs for this 1.8 mile hike was 600.  The views were well worth the effort. 

Perspective of the height

Detail of the same rock Dave is in front of

Cherokee Falls

Hemlock Falls

Watch the river wind through the woods.

If you remember, in a previous blog I said that Brian and Julie got engaged.  Julie’s parents are throwing them an engagement party in August.  So we decided to head back to Florida from Georgia since it was only 370 miles from home.   We thought it would be good to have a little refresh before being away another month and a half or so.  It will  also give Dave some time to be ready to return to work come mid August.

  So we are in Florida for about 2 weeks before we head to Jersey for Andrew & Krystal’s wedding.  We are soooo excited for them.  

Not sure what our plans will be for July.  So at this point I am going to say thanks for coming along on our Epic Journey as we called it.  I hope you enjoyed the many wonderful places we saw and things we learned and maybe even got inspired to take a journey of your own.

June & Dave

Day we left June 2024

Last Hike June 2025