I'm not sure the kids understood exactly how difficult this hike was going to be for them. Yes, we drove by the mountain and informed them we'd be at the top in an hour or so. Yes, we told them close to the top their are handrails because it's so difficult and steep. The trail takes hikers up to just under 1700 feet climbing through about of mile of granite boulders. About 45 feet into the hike Brayden saw a row of flags and asked if we were already at the top.
Since it was Saturday there were tons of people out to do the same hike so for our little people watchers it kept the climb interesting. We even saw people multiple times who enjoyed the climb so much there were doing it again! We hiked and stopped and hiked and stopped, but we made it! We happened to meet some boy scouts with their family at the top who encouraged Brayden to stay with Cub Scouts because Boy Scouts was so much fun.
Our original plans were to head to Six Flags after our climb, but after our slow start to the morning we opted to switch our days and head to the Atlanta Zoo instead. We'd been keeping a close eye on the new baby pandas through the internet so the kids were excited to see the teenage pandas again. The zoo does a really good job of education on animals, conservation, and the environment in general that I love and the kids don't even realize they're learning.
We stopped by the new splash pad for a few minutes before we decided to split because of a looming storm. The storms were all around our campground and it was getting windy so I cooked quick in anticipation of some rain, but it never came. After a swim for the kids and cleanup for me, we headed to the Stone Mountain village to walk around and ended up having some giant ice cream cones, playing frisbee, and staying for the laser & fireworks show.
The kids are exhausted. Dave is exhausted. I am ready to head to another camp with not quite so much planned every day! Off to Six Flags and another park tomorrow...
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