A couple weekends back, Daniel and I kayaked to the Lake Allatoona waterfall. I made a post about this on the The Outbound, but haven’t had a chance to put it up here.
It is a pretty easy paddle over to the base of the waterfall. We set up our hammocks and hung out for a bit. Lots of people kayaked or brought jet skis back into the cove throughout the day. I bet the place is packed in the summer!
An old kayak friend Frank and I decided to hike the Panther Creek trail in the Cohutta wilderness two weeks ago (not to be confused with the Panther Creek near Tallulah Gorge). We made it to Panther Creek falls – it was very steep and rocky. We saw a potential campsite under a rock wall, but decided we had enough energy to keep going and explore what was further down the trail. We ended up camping at the confluence of the Conasauga River and Panther Creek. The Conasauga River was pretty neat – I would love to go back and hike the trail along the river in the summer.
We went to Cloudland Canyon a couple weeks back. It was a short trip – we hiked about a mile and camped at campsite #6. The next morning, we hiked to Cherokee and Hemlock Falls.
Bella and I went for a hike along the East Palisades trail on the Chattahoochee River. The sun was just popping up from behind the mountain when we arrived.
These photos didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked. The lighting there was not the best…
Hiked from Neels Gap to Tesnatee Gap and back this weekend (~11 miles round trip). We camped at Laurel Top which did not disappoint. It was very windy and cold, but had an amazing view. If you ever get a chance to camp at Laurel Top, do it. Atlanta Trails has a good break down of the hike here.
Last weekend we hiked from Woody’s Gap to a little past Neel’s Gap passing over the top of Blood Mountain. Overall, the trip came out to about 13 miles or so. The leaves were still changing colors in some areas, but for the most part, seemed to have already fallen.
– My hiking buddies –
We camped just past Neel’s Gap (we left a car there with most of our stuff so we wouldn’t have to carry everything all day). I got to try out my new tent which was pretty awesome!