Visit to Amicalola Falls, Georgia

During our recent trip to northern Georgia, we paid a visit to Amicalola Falls State Park, which is about twenty miles east of Ellijay.  We've been there before, but it has been several years.  The park is dominated by the beautiful falls and presents different hiking trails from the bottom (at the entrance) to the top.  The last time we went, which was in the 1990's, we took the longer-but-less-steep eastern trail.  This time we opted to go west...a shorter route that involved walking up 450 steps.  At the base of the steps was a bridge spanning the middle of the falls, and I got in some good photos (family pictured).  At the top was the rest of the park, including a lodge with a shop and a restaurant, where we ate lunch (the buffet was superb).  I took some pictures from up there, too, including the one here of the grassy field and trees.  Oh, by the way, at the entrance is a nice little shop, too and a place to eat...