Sawnee Mountain

 Kelli, Eddie and I hiked up Sawnee Mountain today.  It was a beautiful day for a hike.  Some history of Sawnee Mountain is below:

Sawnee Mountain is a low mountain between the piedmont and Appalachian foothills of the U.S. state of Georgia, north of Atlanta. The name Sawnee Mountain actually refers to the entire ridge of approximately five miles (8 km) in length. At its summit, the elevation is 1,946 feet (593 m)above mean sea level, and is roughly 750 feet (230 m) above the surrounding terrain. The Sawnee Mountain range runs southwest to northeast, and consists of five knolls and three gaps (Chamblee, Sawnee, and Bettes).   Located only a few miles north of Cumming, Georgia(the county seat), the mountain is easily the highest point in Forsyth county. One of the highest peaks of metro Atlanta, it nudges out its prominently known neighbors Stone Mountain and Kennesaw Mountain by a hundred or so feet each. However, Sawnee is in the far northernexurbs, putting it in third place behind Bear Mountain and Pine Log Mountain to the west.

Eddie was trying to climb the trees!  In the above picture, Eddie sat down, and do did Kelli, but as you can tell,  they didn't want to move closer for a picture!!

Kelli sitting in the the "Indian Seats" at the top of the mountain.

According to the plaque at the top, you can see as far away as the Tennessee/North Carolina border which is 52 miles away.

I think the leaves would have been prettier the week before.  A lot of the leaves had already fallen or were not a pretty color.

Some of the leaves in the forest on the hike to the top were pretty.

Another view from the top.

Halloween

 Happy Halloween!  Kelli and Eddie carved pumpkins.  Kaila was busy with school and classes, so she never got a chance to carve hers.

Eddie was excited about using the knife!  Kind of scary!!

It is nice to be able to sit back and watch and take pictures while the kids do all the work!!
















Pumpkin juice, AKA, orange soda was the drink of the night.

Kelli had to stand on a chair to give her a bit more leverage for cleaning out those seeds!!

This is Kelli and her boyfriend Chris.  Chris is from the UK and had never carved pumpkins before.

Eddies pumpkin was a mummy.  

Ethel was anxiously awaiting pumpkin pieces to drop on the ground so she could eat them.  She loves pumpkin.

Kelli and Chris's pumpkin was a cat

Eddies pumpkin all lit up!

We decorated pumpkin sugar cookies too!

Yummy!

Kelli and Chris's pumpkin lit up!