Helen, GA: Raven's Cliff Falls
I joined the Meetup hiking group maybe a decade ago. I go through spells; sometimes I'm active, sometimes life gets in the way. I'm trying to become more active again. I find I'm happiest when I have hiking in my life. Our group has standing weekly walks around local neighborhoods, longer hikes on Saturdays and a few camping trips sprinkled in. This is the first Saturday hike I’ve done in quite a while. Waking up at 5 a.m. was rough, but I said I’d drive in the carpool. That, friends, is called "No Backing Out!" Sylvia rode with me. She had just moved back to the area and this was her first hike. She had also never been to Helen but was looking forward to seeing it. You talk a lot on a 3 hour drive, so we learned a lot about each other, like we both like wine. I'm pretty sure we're best friends now. The trail was popular. We struggled to find a place to park and met lots of new people and their puppies along the way. The trail was wide and trampled,...