A few years back, we visited Fort Mountain State Park in Chatsworth, Georgia. I always wanted to revisit it when I had more time. Now that we just got through two college graduations and the wedding of Thing 2, we needed an easy trip to North Georgia to relax and recoup.
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People often associate landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted with Central Park in New York City, the US Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., and the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. However, Olmsted also created the Olmsted Linear Park, a series of six adjacent parks in Atlanta’s Druid Hills neighborhood. We finally had the chance to explore the 22-acre Deepdene Park, the largest of the six linear parks. Over 100 years old, the park remains a tranquil setting for enjoying the outdoors.
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This past weekend, we found ourselves in Blue Ridge, Georgia. On our way up, we stopped at Bella Orchards in Jasper and hiked the Tumbling Waters Nature Trail outside Ellijay.…
Before leaving Los Angeles, we wanted to get in one more hike. Since we had finished seeing the Niguel Botanical Garden in Laguna Niguel, we weren't too far from Dana…