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2020 Vacation Day Eleven

July 23, 2020

2020 Vacation Day Eleven Adventure: Appalachian Trail to Laurel Falls. Roan Mountain State Park: Peg Leg Mine Trail and Cloudland Nature Loop.

This is also part of the Appalachian Trail to Laurel Falls.
The trail went by a creek.
There were several spots where we could get close.
Luna does not like us to be separated.
Friends help friends 😊.
The rock features were nice in a few sections of the trail.
A few bridges too.
A nice place to relax!
A steep climb up.
↙️ Laurel Falls.
A steep and long climb down.
To this beautiful waterfall!!
Happy 💕.
Fun!
Building a cairn is relaxing.
Luna was relaxing too after that long steep climb.
One last look!
Back up…
Lizzy took the lead up.
Luna did great!
Very nice adventure!
Adventure #2.
We will start with the Peg Leg Trail.
At the observation deck first, but the foliage was too overgrown to see any of the mining paths.
Lizzy ran ahead to the mine.
The entrance is open, but the mine inside was blocked off.
We made our way in.
Inside the mine.
Heading back to go to the next trail.
Off to Cloudland Nature Loop.
This is supposed to be an interpretive trail, however the brochure for the trail is at the visitors center which is closed. So we had to do our own interpreting.
A couple of obstacles along the way.
It had been raining so it was a little muddy.
Then we got caught in the rain! Dad went and got our umbrellas and escorted each of us to the car.

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