Falls, Floats and Food

Today, we decided to give it another shot of heading up to the Amicalola Falls and check out "the highest falls in Georgia" at 729 feet of beautiful cascading falls.  We started at the top of the falls and I have to say looking down from the top down that long drop gave me a bit of a funny feeling inside.  I'm usually pretty good with heights but it was oddly an uneasy feeling haha.  We went a ways down the steps of which there are over 400, then came back up and drove down to the other trail which takes you to a nice viewing area.  Landon started out strong on the steps and on the way back was getting tuckered out on us :)  After hanging out at the falls for a bit, we motored back to Blue Ridge and went to Joe's BBQ.  Now Joe's had been recommended as the best BBQ in town, but you know....it was ok......having had some better BBQ from southeast Missouri.  I had a sampler platter (pic below), Leam a pulled chicken sandwich, Landon a half rack of ribs (as if that one surprises any of you), and Nan a pulled pork sandwich.  FYI, Landon didn't beat his record.  After that we ran back to the cabin, swapped into swim gear and headed back to float again.  The boys had a really good time floating the other day, so decided they'd like to do it all over again.  We got there, loaded up in the bus and they took us up river.  Upon getting there we noticed the water looked like it was really moving a lot faster than the other day and sure enough, they confirmed the dam was opened up and we had 2 feet more water and some nice swift current.  We made the float in half the time and I think had twice the fun.  Lots of laughs and giggles were had as we watched Nan and Leam float right into the trees.  Needless to say Landon and I got a good chuckle out of that one, haha.  We then came back, dried out and had dinner at a small down town restaurant named Serenity.  I had a BLT sandwich, Nan a Philly cheese steak, Leam the standby chicken fingers, and Landon the standby Hamburger.  Food was decent but nothing to rave about.  A short video of the falls, and a few pictures below.  Another fun day!