Yesterday was a beautiful day in north Georgia, so we decided to go for a hike. We didn’t make it the entire 5 miles–but we did make a 3 mile round trip of it. Smith Creek Hiking Trail starts in Unicoi State Park and ends up at Anna Ruby Falls on U.S. Forest Service property.
This is where we started our hike, off an old forest service road.
An earth and log stairway down a steep slope. The trees are flashed with blue paint to mark the trail.
Isn’t it amazing how this tree hangs on to the hillside with those enormous roots?
I wish you could hear the water bubbling along in Smith Creek. This was a lovely spot to rest and just listen to the forest. 
This tree was cut just enough to clear the trail. It must have fallen during a storm we had here last month.
Jim found these feather remains of a large bird–probably an owl or a hawk.
A beautiful fungus growing out of a decaying log.
I wonder if these lovers are still together? They left their mark here years ago on the side of the trail.
What beautiful pictures! I love Unicoi but I never seem to get up there when I’m visiting home (i’m from Norcross, a bit south but still a short drive to NGA). I like your site, the camp pictures and story is great too!
This post was extra FAB! 🙂