My Saturday.. March 16th, 2002

I was sick of sleep-late-and-do-nothing Saturdays, so I decided not to sleep in and get up and drive up to the mountains and hike a little bit and just see something different.  It was the perfect weather for it... Partly cloudy and about 70 with a good breeze.  There was a slight chance of showers, but I decided to give it a whirl anyhow.  I left around 1 after grabbing a Subway 'samich and fillup the car up with petrol.  I left straight from the dorms and decided to go check out Anna Ruby Falls.  My Dad had taken me there as a 'lil tyke so I wanted to see how much I remembered.  Plus you cant go wrong with waterfalls.   It took me about an hour and 15 minutes... 45 minutes less than Mapquest told me... So, I was happy.  I did the very short hike up to the falls and took the sights in, snapped a few pics, and hiked back.  It was about 4p at this point so I decided to detour on my way home and stop in and see my Dad at his place since it was sorta nearby.  I hung out there and had dinner with my Dad and step mom Carolyn, then left there around 7ish.  I stopped by the Lawrenceville house to get mail and such, and GaTech Brian invited me over for some drinking.  I was game and headed back to the GSU dorms to change and whatnot.  I finally got over to his dorms and started pounding some bev's... I can tell you that doing shots of vodka and chasing it with Smirnoff Ice will get you hammered fast.  We all had a good time and Brian's and by around 4am people started headin out... rounding out what was a great, and quite eventful Saturday.

       

In Mobile 4 on the way to the falls
Crossing the Chattahoochee
A beautiful day to be heading into the mountains
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Mobile 4 at the Anna Ruby Falls Visitor's Center before I made the hike
The creek down stream from the falls at the visitors center
Dramatic terrain on the hike up
Anna Ruby Falls
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Me... at the falls
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This is the hike trail looking down from the base of the falls.
On the hike back down from the falls
More dramatic terrain along the creeky valley
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The cutsie city of Helen
Look 'ma... no hands!
After the visiting the falls, I stopped by my Dad's house. Here's my Dad and step Mom on their porch. It overlooks the Chattahoochee (seen in the background.)
Dad's new doggie
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The Chattahoochee River seen from my dad's yard
My Dad and & starting our hike to see the rock face on their property
Ouch... stickers!
Through the briar patch
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Them there's rocks
Looking skyward... this tree almost defies gravity and grows the rock ledge
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w YOU doin?
Dad... Solid as a rock
Boop!
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More from of the Chattahoochee from Dad's porch
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The sun's going down
Carolyn & Dad
Da Puppy!
Dad cooked dinner eh?... Well OK... Some sorta rice thing, Scallops, Fish, and some sorta weed.... I liked all but the rice thingy =)
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It's so quiet up there... All you hear are the frogs down at the river. A perfect day to be up there.
Me & Dad
My Daddy!
Dad & Carolyn
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Now that the north Georgia trip was done, it was time to get krunk... or drunk... or maybe a bit of both.... Here's GaTech Brian.
Brian's Roomate... Contemplative?
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Step 1: At this point of the night, getting Brian into the freezer sounded like a good idea
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Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5: The End... This was as good as he could do... We were all so proud.... err embarassed... or?
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We had to use the jaws of life to remove Brian after a serious bout of hysteria
Beer + Godzilla = Good Times
Aye! Popeye came by to hang with the homies
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It's like Disneyworld... but... gayer
The End of a sweet ass day
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