Another day while at Florence Marina State Park, we drove 8 miles down the road to
Providence Canyon State Park. It is called the "Little Grand Canyon" of Georgia. It is an area where poor farming techniques in the 1800's cause heavy soil erosion. This revealed brightly colored sands, soil and rock in the gullies, the deepest of which is about 150'. The park brochure says some 43 different shades of soil can be seen.
We took a three mile hike to tour the formations. It was a hot day and lots of up and down sections through the rolling hills and heavy woods. It turned out that about 2 miles of the 3 mile hike was in the woods. The last mile had all the best overlooks. We could have just walked in the opposite direction from the visitor's center and avoided the hot walk, but we needed the exercise. Here are a few more pictures:
Love the blog!!! Hope to have as many experiences on the road as you some day! My girlfriend and I are now fulltimers as well, but we're doing it out of my SUV and tentcamping and staying with friends along the way. We donated all our belongings and just hit the road about 5 days ago.
ReplyDeleteProvidence canyon was our first stop after leaving home, and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! If you'd like to hear a little more about our trip at Providence Canyon, and others to follow, the address to my blog is http://theelegantvagrant.blogspot.com
We'll be updating it with tons of pictures and videos from parks all over the USA, interviewing people on different issues along the way!!
We're going to stay in the southeast for the fall, and will be heading to the southwest for winter. Any recommendations???