The second half of our August Adventure was Georgia. Eric's sister and her family live down there so we went to stay with them for a few days.
On our first day, Tappy took us to Wildcat Creek Falls to the sliding rock there. It wasn't the warmest of days, and the water was FREEZING cold but it was so much fun! You literally slide down a waterfall! The boys loved it and couldn't stop going down. I had to go first to show Evan it was ok and once he went, he didn't stop until we forced him to leave. Eric took Alex down and he would keep pointing at the falls to go again and again and again! Very cool experience. Apparently I have no pictures of my going down the waterfall - just video
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| Alex and Eric getting ready to go! |
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| Aunt Tappy and Evan about to race |
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| Alex and Aunt Tappy |
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| 16 of 100 |
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| Love Alex's face! |
The next day we took a drive to the tallest mountain in Georgia, Brasstown Bald. It is 4,784 ft. with gorgeous views. North Carolina on one side and Georgia on the other. At one point we were in the clouds as they passed over. SO COOL! What was also nice is that they had a shuttle service that we were able to put Alex's wheelchair on and get a ride to the top. Once at the top, there were elevators to the observation deck! Another neat experience. We also made a stop at Minnehaha Falls. Eric and I visited there two years ago when we were down, but we wanted to take the boys. It isn't a long hike, but a rugged one that requires us to carry Alex and I wanted to do it now before he gets too heavy for us. We got some pictures and Evan got to climb up the falls with Tappy.
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| Just a scenic little gem on our way to the mountain |
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| In the Clouds |
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| I love this one |
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| Georgia View |
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| In the process of taking my selfie... |
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| ....I caught someone else taking one! |
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| You can't tell from this pic, but he was really mad at me for the previous photo! |
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| Eric, Niece Mindy, Myself and Niece AnnaMarie |
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| North Carolina View |
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| At the top of Brasstown Bald |
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| Clouds passing through |
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| Alex and his cousins, AnnaMarie and Brook |
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| The Whole Gang |
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| Tappy, Evan and Bailey climing Minnehaha Falls |
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| Wish it was clear, I love this one |
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| The little gang |
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| Best one I could get |
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| We did pretty well getting a group shot |
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| Another Favorite |
Our final day was kind of rainy so we managed to visit the town on Helen for a bit before going out to dinner at El Patron with the whole family. It was a low key day - just what we needed.
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| Alex was all about Brook this trip |
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| He loves her |
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| Group shot at dinner....not sure what these 2 are up to |
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| Bailey and Evan |
It was great to see everyone, wish we had more time but we decided to split the trip, so we will have to plan another visit down soon.
