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Heading out for a week in the mountains of North Georgia and Western North Carolina
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Derek texted us from GHP and said he needed some cash so we stopped by the post office on the way out of town
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90 minute drive north to Amicalola Falls State Park
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Checking in for our stay at the Hike Inn
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Visitor Center
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Adam is so cute when he wants to find all the animals in the diorama
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Learning about the Appalachian Trail
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It can take some time to see things with Adam. He really did count all the rings.
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Hiking to the top of the falls along the AT approach trail
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Back down to the visitor center
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AT shelter in the park
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Letting Helen's parents know we're headed to the Hike Inn
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5 mile hike from the parking lot at the top of Amicalola Falls to the Hike Inn
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Blue Blaze marks the trail to Springer Mountain and the start of the Appalachian Trail. Green Blaze marks the trail to the Hike Inn.
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Adam deciding he wants to make a cairn like the ones near this creek
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Some more hiking and another cairn
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It took about 3 hours, but we made it
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The rooms are very sparse: 2 bunks with no sink or bathroom. You have to go to the bathhouse for that.
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Adam had an adjoining room
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"Jeffrey" was one strange bug
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Game room
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Dinner time and we are hungry
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Some cornhole
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Wilderness survival presentation
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Helen and I started out cuddling on the lower bunk, but gave up on that sometime during the night and I took the top bunk
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