Camping at Amicalola Falls

We went camping this past weekend at Amicalola Falls State Park. It is located at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The park was very nice. It has a 729 foot waterfall. It is the tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi River. The name Amicalola is a Cherokee word meaning Tumbling Waters. It is considered one of Georgias seven wonders. The road that went up to the campground had a 25% grade. It was all the truck could do to haul the trailer up the hill. Ed had the truck in the lowest gear and the gas pedal floored and we were going a whole 10 miles an hour! The campground host told us that a Ford Excurision burned up his transmission and another car boiled his transmission fluid over! Ed checked the transmission fluid and brake fluid (for the trip back down!) and both were fine.

Here are the kids at camp.



At the base of the falls is a pond called Reflection Pond. It is stocked every two weeks with fish. I took Eddie down several times to fish. He didn't catch anything, but had fun.









This is a picture of the falls from part way down. We started at the top of the falls and took a trail that included 425 steps to this point. Then there were another 175 steps that we went down. It was really pretty. Unfortunately, the walk back up those 600 steps about killed us!








These are the 425 steps that went 2/3rds of the way down the falls.



































Here is another view of the falls. It really was very pretty.




























Ed, Kaila, Kelli and Eddie part way down the steps.