Tallulah Gorge State Park (by Asher)
We went to the State Park on a Sunday. After popping into the Visitor Center for a few minutes, we hit the trail to the gorge. In case anyone who is reading this is unfamiliar with the concept of a gorge, here you go: Gorges are deep. In order to get down into one, you typically need to go down. There are a few (non lethal) ways to do that. One way is stairs, lots and lots of stairs. Three hundred and ten to be exact. Stairs More stairs What do you know? Stairs! Stairs coming down as seen from the opposite side of the gorge At the bottom of those 310 stairs, there is a suspension bridge crossing the gorge, eighty feet above the river. The bridge even swayed when you walked on it! From there you have the option of continuing down two hundred and twenty one more steps to an overlook of Hurricane Falls. And, unless you have a permit and are planning to go downriver, that means you have two hundred and twenty one stairs back up. Hurricane Falls Bottom of gorge Now that you're back to ...