Friday the Adventure Buddy and I went to Brasstown Bald. Up until last week I had never heard of this place but apparently it's the highest point in Georgia with an elevation of 4783'!!! Now from where we're at it was about a 2 hour drive but it is through the beautiful mountains of North Georgia so it was all good. Now, when you get there it's $5 per person instead of just $5 to park (which we thought was a rip off but whatever) and then they either have a shuttle that will take you to the top or they have a paved trail that you can walk. We decided that we were going to walk the trail because we're adventurers! It's about six tenths of a mile up the mountain which is not normally a bad walk....except this is a straight up the mountain walk. Most of this trail was crazy elevated, duh...highest point in Georgia and all. But we made it...after having to stop SEVERAL times to let the calf muscles have a break and to catch our breath. But once you get to the top there's an observation deck where you can see all the surrounding mountains and you're up above the clouds and it was so beautiful! Then they also have a little museum type thing where you can walk around and chill out before you head on back down. All in all it was a fun trip. Here are some pictures from Brasstown Bald, GA:
This is the part of the trail that we had just walked up. There was a little bench at the top.
This is the trail that we still had left to climb. All I could say was ugggggh.
The observation tower.
Inside the museum.
Adventure buddy found some of his own kind!!! (we always call him a big ol' bear)
There were no footprints to stand on! How are you going to tell me to stand on them?!?!
Never heard of this brand of cola.
Once we left Brasstown, we had every intention of heading back home but we saw a sign for Helen, Ga and decided to make a detour for beer and brats. Before we got there, we found this awesome little creek to play in before we continued on. I didn't take many pictures in Helen but it was Octoberfest and it was fun. We ate at the beer gardens(??) and had some yummy bratwurst and beer. All in all it was a fantastic trip!
This is at the little creek we found.
And this is the Chattahooche river that flows through Helen, GA. ...this was the only picture I took there... -____-
Well I hoped you enjoyed our trip as much as we did! I wish I had taken more pictures in Helen but I was tired by that point (I had worked all night and we left straight from work!) On to the next adventure!!!!
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