Oakland, GA to Toccoa, GA 85.5 miles.  The trip started at an elevation of 1620 feet and ended at an elevation of  1000 feet with the highest peak in between at 2090 feet.

Rural Georgia

View on Appalachian Foothill Parkway, GA

TOM:

Day 34 – The trip today was great.  The weather was excellent with a starting temperature of 60 degrees and a high temperature of 75 degrees.  The sky was blue with a few white puffy clouds. The terrain today had an average elevation of 1400 feet with the highest point at 2090 feet and the lowest point at 830 feet with many ups and downs along the way. The scenery was again spectacular.  Most of the day was spent riding on the Appalachian Foothill Parkway which has lots of views of the mountains, a few camps, parks, farms, and fruit orchards.  The traffic was light on much of the trip, allowing the natural sounds to surround me for a very peaceful experience.  The town of Dahlonega had flags mounted on white crosses, each with one name of a veteran and the associated war.  It was very colorful and looked nice. Another great day of biking.

Ducks near one of the many creeks seen today

Georgia mountain scene

Poultry farm building

Total Trip Distance: 2795.49

Day Thirty-Four - 5/28/2003

Apple orchard

Lucille:

May 28 - Wednesday  - Today was a better day than yesterday.  The route had a fewer number of roads to find.  I had a great time exploring the shops of the pretty town of Dahlonega, GA.  It's a place I'd love to return to.  Another town I explored was Cleveland, GA.  The courthouse is the prominent building in the center of the town square in all of the southern towns that have a business district.  The ride on the Appalachian Foothill Parkway was very beautiful.  We passed apple orchards today and also some poultry farms that showed the Tyson name.  Just west of Dahlonega I found a great little woodworking shop with very attractive wooden bowls.  I enjoyed talking to the man who made the bowls and watching him cut up the slabs of wood that would be made into bowls.  Tomorrow we will arrive in Donalds, Tom's home town.  We will not get tomorrow's journals written until Friday.  With all the excitement about being in Donalds at last, I know that we will be too busy to write journals tomorrow.  I am in shock over the gas prices on this trip.  We have paid from $1.23 per gallon to $1.45.  The farther east we go, the lower the price seems to be.