The wknd. continued w/ another moderate hike in Cloudland Canyon State Park on the Georgia side of Lookout Mtn. A short drive from Chattanooga, and/or Trenton, Ga., depending on from where you come. "Meg the Hiker", and I walked several trails through the park on this day hike covering approximately 7 mls+. We began from the main parking area; which is straight in from where you pay the $3 day rate. Once we started walking we bypassed the trial to the waterfalls initially, for the 4.7 ml. partial loop route. This took us down some and around the rim of the "Gulf". I call it this because it it appears to me to have the some of the same geographic features one sees in the Stone Door/Savage Gulf sections of the South Cumberland area in Tennessee.
This being the holiday we encountered lots of folks and were delighted to meet a lady walking w/ her kids as they identified various plants using some basic guides. The kids were writing down the plants they positively ID'd and "Meg the Hiker", provided some information clarifying the identity of one bloom. Keep it up mom and kids!
We made the loop and on the way back up we bypassed to the falls and enjoyed the beauty. It was interesting how many folks were attempting the walk; much like the day before at Alum Cave Trail, down and back up the extensive wooden/steel stairways they have built to access views of the falls. "Meg" noted how this experience would be enhanced by doing it on a less busy day and time. The pictures demonstrate of what she speaks, Peace.
"love" is like a huge boulder present since the "ice age," yo!
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