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Geraldine Largay, also known as Gerry to her family and friends, and Inchworm to her trail family. Geraldine was 66 years, a thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail. The Appalachian Trail is a 2,190-mile trail that goes from Georgia up to Maine; however, Largay started the hike in the middle, at Harpers Ferry, WV, and she planned to hike north and then when she reached the Maine, she would go back to Harpers Ferry and begin her journey south.

Amicalola Falls State Park is located in Dawsonville, Georgia. (Dawson County) This state park is home to the 3rd highest cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi River at 729 feet. Amicalola is a Cherokee Indian word for tumbling waters. Appropriately named. This park is also where a lot of the Appalachian Trail hikers start as it has the 8.5-mile approach trail to Springer Mountain. This park has so much to offer. A lodge with a restaurant, hiking trails, playground, picnic tables, ziplines, archery and so much more. This is a MUST see if your ever in the North Georgia area!

Mountain Crossings at Walasi-yi (Wa La See Yee) aka Neels Gap is located in Blairsville, Georgia. This building was built back in 1937 and sits directly on the Appalachian Trail AND it's the ONLY spot on the AT that you cross through a man-made structure! How cool is that? Having many purposes over the years, it has been Mountain Crossings since the 1980's. This is a hostel, a gift shop/re-supply store for hikers, a mail drop, a shuttle drop off and pick up spot and just a great spot to get on the AT for a day hike! A quick 8-minute drive down the road is Desoto Falls Recreation Area. A great little picnic spot inside the Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest that has a trail to Desoto Falls. It has an upper and a lower falls. We only did the lower falls since our day was jam packed. It was a quick .25 of a mile hike to the lower falls. We went in the spring of 2022 and there were so many flowers starting to bloom, it was a great time to visit. Filmed April 13, 2022

The Appalachian Trail has been the site of many mysterious disappearances over the years. However, one story stands out above the rest as the most disturbing in the trail's history.

November 2021,M.J. Eberhart (Nimblewill Nomad) completed the Appalachian Trail. At 83, he became the oldest person to complete the AT. The previous record holder was Mr. Sanders, 82 when he finished the AT in 2017.

There is always something interesting to do in the Roanoke Valley if you know where to look for and weekends especially can be fun. It's typical for the happenings to be in downtown Roanoke or close to it but on November 5 the action is happening in other locations. Following is a list of events taking place on Saturday, November 5 in various locations beginning in the early morning until noon and lasting as long as 6:00 pm. You can obtain additional information by clicking on the links.

In this video, we give you a wonderful review of this AWESOME state park! We share helpful information if you would ever want to visit this area. Roan Mountain State Park is located in Roan Mountain, Tennessee. Surrounded also by National Forest. Such a lovely area! We visited in the fall, so the leaves were really beautiful! Love traveling this time of year to see the fall colors! We also took a quick 13-minute trip outside of the park to visit Carvers Gap, a gap in the mountains where you can get on or get off the Appalachian Trail (for those who don't know what the Appalachian trail is: it's a 2,190-mile trail that starts in Georgia and ends in Maine, goes through 14 states) Very popular trail that likes to stay on mountains tops! Any who, our son wants to hike it someday, so any chance we get, we try and hike bits and pieces of it. So, at Carvers Gap you can get on and hike as much of it as you like. We just took it about 3/4 of a mile hike up to the top of a bald and got panoramic

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Coming this weekend to Damascus, Virginia - Appalachian Trail Days 2022. Known locally as just "Trail Days," the event is one of the highlights of the hiking season for hikers in the Appalachian Highlands.

One of the Tri-Cities most iconic festival venues is brining the outdoors to life this spring. The town of Erwin celebrates the 5th Great Outdoors Festival this spring with everything the town and Unicoi County have to offer.

The passing seasons offer an ever-changing palette of colors that paint Amicalola Falls and the surrounding countryside in different hues. We visit year-round to enjoy the vistas and experience all the falls have to offer. In spring, we often encounter northbound hikers starting their bucket list journey at this state park, the hike-in points for the legendary Appalachian Trail. And a surprising winter visit after several "Frozen" days gave us a special memory that few enjoy. Join DeanLand and OurTravelCafe.com for this year-round view of the tallest falls east of the Mississippi River. For more articles and videos like this, follow DeanLand on NewsBreak, and visit OurTravelCafe.com

Appalachian Trail, Woody Gap to Blood Mountain section hike. This is part 1 of 2 of our section hike. The second part is Blood Mountain to Tesnatee Gap. Join us in a detailed view of hiking these sections. See what to expect along the way. Hiking and backpacking along with camping. View of camping at Woods Hole shelter. This is an awesome Georgia hike! We hope you will come along and relive the beautiful journey with us! Thanks for watching! <a href="https://abovethecloudshostel.com">https://abovethecloudshostel.com</a>/ <a href="https://linktr.ee/InOurElement2">https://linktr.ee/InOurElement2</a> Here is a link to all of the gear we use and recommend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/In-Our-Element-108497397773101">https://www.facebook.com/In-Our-Element-108497397773101</a>