{"id":2108,"date":"2022-11-26T19:41:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T19:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2022-11-26T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T20:07:06","slug":"family-vacation-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=2108","title":{"rendered":"Family Vacation Day Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

7\/11\/22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Vacation Day Two: Walls of Jericho Trail, Estillfork, Alabama- Tennessee – 8 miles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We weren’t actually planning to hike in Alabama, but this trailhead had two starting points and we decided on this one (we hiked back into Tennessee).<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walls of Jericho.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There are supposed to be some caves along this trail.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A few climbing rocks at the start.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rest break for Patricia!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Luna was so happy to be hiking and climbing!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Look at the size of this trapdoor spider!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were two!!!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cool looking plants we think is called groundcedar<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cave exploration!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern newt.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Daddy Long Legs ~ one of Lizzy’s favorite insects.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Down we go!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dad said it’s awesome come see!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This cave was about 40-50 feet in length and 20 foot high ceilings!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were lots of formations (flowstone “bacon rind”).<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beautiful butterflies were traveling with us:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern Swallow Tiger Tail.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heading to the bridge.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lizzy decided to take the waterway.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We took the bridge.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another bridge.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Interesting caterpillar.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Patricia and Rachel loved this view.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Someone got really dirty on our adventure.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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She sure knows how to get clean!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to explore…with a little help from Dad!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They made it up.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Upper view.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More exploring up top.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yes, that is a frog. She named him Georgie.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One last view! \"\ud83d\udc95\"<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sliding down the tiny waterfalls.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This guy startled Mom!:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Copperhead!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There was a cemetery way out and just off the trail.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Butterflies everywhere. This one decided to hitch a ride. \"\ud83e\udd8b\"<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rest break on the way over the blow down<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pretty along the way.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This was an awesome 8 mile hike with a lot of adventures!!!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7\/11\/22 Family Vacation Day Two: Walls of Jericho Trail, Estillfork, Alabama- Tennessee – 8 miles: Look at the size of this trapdoor spider!!! This cave was about 40-50 feet in length and 20 foot high ceilings! Beautiful butterflies were traveling with us: One last view!  This guy startled Mom!:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}