As the day was extremely beautiful and we really had nothing special planned, we pulled out the 60 Hikes within 60 Miles of Atlanta book to see if there was a trail that sounded fun. We stumbled upon the pages describing the trails at Poole's Mill Covered Bridge Park. What caught our eye was the obvious "covered bridge" which itself sounded interesting to check out, so we headed out.

The actual Poole's Mill Covered Bridge is a very short walk from the parking lot.

As one might expect, the bridge has its obligatory historical market with good information to soak in.

Unfortunately, it suffers from a good amount of graffiti which I decide to not highlight in the pictures I've posted, but worth noting should you decide to visit the park & bridge. Here's a picture looking back at it from the other side.

As a big fan of waterfalls, I was pleased to see the start of a simple cascading waterfall.

Plenty of folks where glad to cool themselves off in the rushing waters.

While it very small, there were some sections you didn't want to walk (or slide!) down.

All in all, Gretchen and I were glad to find this little escape not far from our home. Back at the house, Gretchen researched covered bridges in Georgia and found out that there are only 15 of them. Maybe we found another multi-outing adventure we can share together? I sure hope so as I so love relaxing in the out of doors with my beautiful wife!!

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