Took off Friday to ride up to North GA to hike to some falls i discovered while scrolling through Facebook. I particularly wanted to visit Blue Hole Falls which has a swimming hole at the base of it. I really like swimming in cold natural pools in water. Diane and I decided to start trying to find these and swim at them. We heard a YouTuber call this Wild or Wilderness swimming which we really liked the idea of. Especially if it is remote with few to no people. These falls (Blue Hole Falls and High Shoals Falls) were north of Helen GA and only about a 2 h ride. In addition to some great curvy roads the last mile or so is a dirt/gravel road and included a very small creek crossing which was perfect for my 1250GS. The hike to Blue Hole was about 1 mile and then just another 0.3 miles to High Shoals. So i got a great on/off road ride, a hike, and a wild swim all in one trip. Perfect!
Diane and Emily were visiting family up in VT and NH. So it was just me on this trip. When i first got to Blue Holes Falls (little after 10 am) there was only one other couple young couple there. So pretty much had the place to ourselves and it was beautiful. They were jumping off the side and top of the falls. Not me! The water was cool but perfect for a summer day and evidently it is no secret. But the time i left and hiked back to my bike there was probably 10 cars parked and people hiking down. So going early and on weekdays is probably best. And i bet almost nobody uses it in the Fall or Winter....but i will!
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| Me and my new Flying Eyes riding glasses |
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| Just parked at the trail head |
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| The road up |
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| The path down to the falls |
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| Some gnarly roots at the base of this tree |
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| Beautiful creek crossing over small wooden bridge |
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| Blue Hole Falls |
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| High Shoals Falls |
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| Checked out this market on the way home. Pretty cool place with tons of fresh fruit. I was not impressed with the jalapeno cheddar bread i bought though |
