Southern Travels - Part 2

Hey all, sorry it's taken me so long to finally get around to making this second post about our trip. It's been a crazy last couple of weeks in my world. But anyway, on to the post! 

As you may recall from my previous post, we left the state park and began to make our way to South Carolina. 

We drove along some really curvy, narrow, back roads and enjoyed some gorgeous scenery along the way.

We made it to the tree house in Walhalla, around 5:00pm and immediately jumped out of the car to explore all there was to see!

Walking down the path was like discovering a little slice of paradise. It felt so surreal!  

The interior was just as unbelievably breathtaking as the outside.

After exploring for a little while and getting every little detail photographed, we sat down to figure out where to go eat supper. We settled on a Mexican place that had been suggested to us by the Bolt family. It most definitely did not disappoint! That was the best chimichanga I have ever had, by far.

We came back to discover the tree house all lit up, it looked so dreamy! After taking some pictures, we sat down in the bed under the tree house and talked for a while and listened to the critters and sounds of the great outdoors before going inside and heading to bed.

That was probably the most comfortable bed I have ever slept in, and definitely had the best view.

After enjoying a quaint little breakfast I braved the outdoor shower experience, and was so glad that I did, It was so cool!! 

 It did start to sprinkle on me as I was finishing up, which just added to the adventure of it all haha. It quit raining for a little bit later on, so we walked around the trails and checked out different parts of the property. 

After that went into Walhalla for some lunch with plans to do some hiking afterwards. 

As we were eating I guess hurricane Matthew thought it would be a good idea to move inland some more, and it started totally pouring rain.... Sooo we had a change of plans and decided to head into the 'big city' and drove to Greenville, about an hour east of us.

An umbrella was purchased, as well as a warm cup of coffee and we walked around downtown to see what we could find.

We went down to Falls Park river walk and found some pretty sites to see!

We were both pretty much soaked after walking around for a couple hours, let's just say the umbrella was not that large... ;) So for a pick me up we made a quick stop by Krispy Kreme as we made our way to the hotel for the night.

It felt really good to be warm and dry after a long wet day, so we got in our comfy clothes and watched some tv before hitting the hay for the night. 

I'll try and get the next post done a tad sooner this time... so please believe me when I say 'stay tuned' ;) 

Southern Travels - Part 1

On the morning of Oct. 5th we woke up, drove to the Minneapolis airport and made our way by plane to Atlanta, Georgia. It was an absolutely gorgeous day to fly, the weather was perfect! 

This was my first time flying, and it was a very enjoyable experience, I even got a window seat! :) 

Above the clouds

View overlooking Atlanta right before we landed.

We landed right on time and made our way to the rental car area, and got ourselves a snazzy Hyundai Elantra. 

We finally got out of the airport and started making our way north around 2:00pm.

We got to our hotel in Tocooa, GA around 6:00pm, drove around town for a little bit then just came back, settled in for the night and watched a movie.

The next morning we got up bright and early and went down the road to Toccoa Falls.

 The falls are located on a college campus, where a large flood happened back in 1977 and killed 39 people... Take a moment to read the brown sign pictured below for the full story.

We spent maybe around half an hour at the falls before we started making our way a little further north to Tallulah Gorge State Park. 

After walking around inside for a little bit, we started making the 3 mile loop hike around the gorge.

This was the softest walkway ever! I wish more places made paths out of tires!

This was a very strenuous trail indeed, we ended up hiking around 3,000 steps that day when it was all said and done. Our calves were definitely feeling it the next day :p

This was a swinging suspension bride, it hung across the full expanse of the gorge and moved too! It was a little freaky, yet also really cool at the same time.

Hurricane Falls

View of the suspension bridge from up above.

Some of the popular trees around the park

This was the view standing on top of the dam, that stretched under the highway above it.

It was a long, but very fun day! There was lots of history this park had to offer as well, some even went back as far as the civil war era. It was totally worth all those stairs and some sore legs ;) We left the park around 3:00 and started making our way to South Carolina... But I think this post has enough pictures, so I'll save the rest of what append that day for the next one ;)