{"id":61,"date":"2020-10-22T21:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2020-10-22T21:15:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:15:17","slug":"vacation-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Vacation 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 12, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the pandemic we had to change our vacation plans from flying to California to go to Yosemite National Park to driving to North Carolina to hike in the Cherokee National Forest (and later to Georgia to the Pisgah National Forest):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We loaded up the car and had plenty of travel snacks for the kids:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We stayed in a hotel the first night and headed to our first hiking spot the next morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 13, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 Vacation Day One Adventure: Turtletown Creek Falls, Tennessee, Cherokee National Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had to cross a steam to get to the trailhead. *footnote: on the way out (after the hike) we snagged the bumper on the wood planks (the car was loaded down with all our stuff since we hadn’t made it to our cabin yet) and we hopped out and snapped it back on. It went on easily, but yet another large section of paint came off the car.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Although it is a moth, not a butterfly, mom thought of her sister Karen as it flew in the car while we prepared for the hike. Aunt Karen is joining us on our hike today\u00a0\"\ud83d\udc95\".<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The happy couple.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ready to go on an adventure!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Of course there are blackberries on the trail \ud83d\ude0b.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Most of the trail went right beside Turtletown Creek.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone was happy (FYI- this is day ONE and we have 67 miles of hikes planned over the next 16 days).<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ready for adventure!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blown down trees along the trail made it all that more interesting. The pine tree smelled like Christmas.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We made it to the first waterfalls! Waterfall #1.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A great place to relax!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waterfall #2.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The water was cool, but that didn’t stop her!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The other two girls decided to get in too.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sweethearts enjoying the falls together.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One last look. . . beautiful!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We headed further along the trail (about a mile) to the next waterfall. We had a bit of a climb down.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Very nice indeed!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brave explorers!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to head back.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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On our way back we got another view of the first waterfall from the creek.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had a wonderful 4.2 mile hike and we saw three beautiful waterfalls!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Time to check out our Airbnb Cabin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very Nice!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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