March 25, 2014

Friday Afternoon: Rock City

lots and lots of pictures!
so after the incline railway we drove a little ways down the mountain to rock city.
it was absolutely beautiful i think it was around a mile walk but we spent over and hour and a half walking around the paths were formed around. the rock formations that are around 200 million years old!
I would love to go back when all the flowers are in full bloom and when they do the lighted tours at night..that would truly be an enchanted tour!
  there were several narrow paths
 Dash was a handful wanting to climb on everything :)
 now we are above the narrow path!! good thing we aren't claustrophobic! 
 here are my Goblins at Goblins underpass
 Chasen had so much fun being our leader!
 and had big decisions to make...rope bridge or stone bridge
 he chose the rope bridge and had fun being naughty and scaring his mom while jumping up and down!!
beautiful views
 then we got to walk over the 100 foot waterfall at lovers leap when 2 native american tribes were here and a man and women fell in love and he was forced to jump off the cliff for being with a women of the other tribe and while the tribes were fighting she jumped off the cliff to her death to be with him. ah love!
 it was beautiful
once you get to the very top you can see 7 states, Tn, Ky, N.C., S.C., Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama and the smoky mountains
we actually drove through Georgia while driving up the mountain
the smoky mtns.
 Chasen is a good photographer, we can finally get pics together!
we had a Popsicle break before heading back down
 
 another narrow path we will have to walk through
 the leader went first!
dashtyn thought it was pooooky
and then I got stuck......... just kidding
Iam bigger this time around but not really this big yet I was trying really hard to stick it out there!
 
 we saw some white deer
 and a different view of the 90ft waterfall
 
 
 and here is a 1,000 ton balanced rock....crazy!
 
 
 this little cave was decorated with gnomes and other fairy tales like the gingerbread house and little riding hood. the ceiling had this coral looking rocks and the walls were out of all kinds of rocks. Chasen wasted to take home a diamond
 and this stair step water fall made me think of the goonies and the walls were covered in gold rocks

after this we headed down the mountain to ruby falls cave and when i say down the mountain I mean way down under.....

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