With the pandemic, holidays have been a bit challenging. We spent Thanksgiving morning at Amicalola Falls State Park and topped it off with a short hike at Fort Mountain State…
Georgia's largest waterfall is only about 75 miles northwest of Atlanta. Since the pandemic began, we've explored places closer to home and we recently set out for Amicalola Falls State…
It’s summertime and we’re slowly reopening from the Covid-19 quarantine. Since most of our travel plans are nonexistent, we’ve been exploring day trips nearby. Upon a friend’s recommendation, we ventured out to Fort Yargo State Park in Winder and were able to also pick blueberries at Fleeman’s Farm nearby.
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As pandemic restrictions ease, we’ve been exploring places closer to home and thankfully, the Georgia State Parks system provides plenty of outdoor activities. This week, we hiked at F.D. Roosevelt (FDR) State Park in Pine Mountain, GA.
Ths 9,000-acre park lies 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. And since it’s near Callaway Gardens (one of my favorite spots), you’d think I’d know this park inside and out. I don’t. Up until this trip, I’d only taken the scenic drive starting across Highway 27 from the Callaway Gardens Country Store.
The drive follows along the ridge of Pine Mountain, offering several small scenic overlooks of Callaway Gardens on the left and Pine Mountain Valley on the right. But the drive only scratches the surface of Georgia’s largest state park.
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