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Hiking High Shoals Falls Trail {and Helen, Georgia}

May 28, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

Hiking High Shoals Falls Trail {and Helen, Georgia}

Hike: High Shoals Falls Trail, north of Helen, GA (where we spent the night) and south of Macedonia, GA. This is a 2.3 mile moderate trail--unless the Hiwassee River is too high to drive over at Indian Grave Gap Road, then it's a 4.7 mile hike with 1,000 feet of elevation … [Read more...]

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Hiking Table Rock Trail

May 26, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

Hiking Table Rock Trail

Hike: The Table Rock Trail at Table Rock State Park, near Pickens, South Carolina (about 37 minutes northwest of Greenville, SC, and 1 hour south of Asheville, NC), is a 6.4 mile, strenuous hike with over 2,000 feet of elevation gain. Not far from Sassafras Mountain, it even … [Read more...]

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Silver Linings – 5 Random Things

April 24, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

Silver Linings – 5 Random Things

Things are undoubtedly dismal in the world right now, with the whole range of issues due to COVID-19 pandemic/job losses/stuck at home/political drama, etc. I'm going to ignore all the bad for a few minutes, and I hope you'll join me. I'm choosing to focus on the good, so … [Read more...]

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Olympic Marathon Trials 2020

March 3, 2020 By Vanessa Vila 1 Comment

Olympic Marathon Trials 2020

My goodness, what a weekend! It was jam-packed with awesomeness, and I’ll try to break it down without being overly wordy ;) But you know me... Friday (2/28): we drove to Atlanta after Javi got off work. The family + my friend / running buddy, MM. Took over 6 hours, with … [Read more...]

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2019: Year in Review

January 24, 2020 By Vanessa Vila Leave a Comment

2019: Year in Review

My 2019 Year in Review Last year's and the year before and the year before that for reference :) Whew! I know I’m not alone in thinking: how is it 2020 already?! Someone--or many people?--once told me when my kids reached grade school, time would fly by, and that’s exactly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Hiking, Photography, Trail Running, Travel

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