Appalachian Mountain Trip (South)

[RescueRangers]

This past July we took a little trip up the Appalachian Mountains from north Georgia into Pennsylvania then back down the coast to Charleston. We have just under 8,000 pics so lets get started.

Dixie Memorial State Forest, Georgia

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Amicalola Falls Park, Ga. These people down here seem to have parking issues.
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Amicalola Falls. The Appalachian Approach Trail is only a few miles north of the falls.
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Mountain Crossing at Neels Gap, this was built by the CCC in 1937. This is the only place the Appalachian Trail is under a roof, the trail goes through the building.
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We hit nine National Forests and 12 National Parks
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Ocoee Whitewater Center where the 1996 olympics was held. They open the dam on the weekend and turn the place into a nasty little river.
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The entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
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Up early the next morning, 30 Elk were up for an early breakfast also.
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From Clingsman Dome, second highest spot east of the Mississippi.
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[RescueRangers]

While taking pictures of this waterfall . . .
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We missed getting a picture of the bear that jumped out in front of us. If you look really hard you can see his backside. (do I get points for the bear photo?)
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Took some hiking to get to these falls.
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Weird thing about this sign, on the other side it said "entering North Carolina"
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Hardcore trail through here
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Meet lots of Overlanders alone the way, including Ron & Viv from downunder
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Old logging railroad in Shenandoah National Park,. Yes, it is way off the beaten path.
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This is Cape Hatteras but it reminds me of White SandsView attachment 702

 

[Tim N Michele Davis]

What a great trip, thanks for sharing it!

 

[hardtrailz]

Definitely beautiful country. I have been to the mountains in TN, VA, and WVA and always want to get back there.

 

[Overland-Indiana]

Awesome pics! You said you had 8k photos?

It's ok, I'll wait for you to post them ALL!!

 

[ShawnR]

Nice trip report. More inspiration for my trip this summer.