Tallulah Gorge is a rather interesting place. This used to be a great gathering spot for folks in the south east. It's deep canyons and incredible running water made it quite the spot for the well to do as well. Many years ago, Georgia power dammed up the river and this caused the area to dry up. Now days, the company does "astetic releases" and "whitewater releases" throughout the year to draw both tourists and kayakers. We were very fortunate to be there during one of the astetic releases.





The hike to the bottom of the canyon is 650 steps. While this does not sound like much, it does wear on you. Both going down and coming up. This was another one of those cases where discretion was the better part of valour and I left my camera gear with the front desk prior to starting the descent. Walking down to the suspension bridge overlooking the falls was quite the end to the weekend. Of course, on the way back up I was wondering why this fellow was waiting for us.



For those of you who don't know what this is, he is a turkey vulture (a carrion eater)