Day 19 (November 20th)

Today Mom, Greta and I packed up from Atlanta to head for the mountains, the last major segment of our trip. But first, we drove just east of Atlanta to Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain is a bare granite pluton (humongous solid hunk of rock) in the middle of the piedmont. This makes it a spectacular view. We hiked up the backside of the mountain, which was a somewhat difficult hike up steep sections of bare rock. The view was spectacular, even from only halfway up the mountain.

After this, we drove around to the bare face of a rock to see a carving of the Confederate Generals. About 50 feet tall and 100 feet wide, this is obviously no small feat. In fact, the man who carved Mount Rushmore started out here for practice. The carving depicts Robert E. Lee, ‘Stonewall’ Jackson and Jefferson Davis riding on horseback.

We drove out to the mountains, and checked into our cabin. It’s a 4 room Lincoln-log style cabin, just big enough to have privacy and small enough to feel authentic.