Heritage Farm at General Coffee State Park

 

We loved the campground at General Coffee State Park and one of the best parts was driving over to Heritage Farm to park by the lake and explore the hiking trails. The park has over 1,500 acres so there is so much to explore. 

I'm always more interested in heading down the forest trails or walking along the river.

But the trails at the lake start at the farmyard!

There are beautiful log cabins, barns and fenced off areas for the animals.

So I spent some time photographing some of the beauty here (before heading off to the river to hike less frequented trails). 

Goats, Sheep, Chickens, Horses and more!

He looks like Billy Goat Gruff! 

Lots of well maintained buildings on the farm.

Aren't the log structures beautiful!

A collage of this one.

One you can go inside or sit on the porch!

And the Purple Martins were in abundance, hopefully eating the gnats that were everywhere!

We really loved the horse and wish we had found out his name.

General Coffee State Park was donated to the state in 1970 and is named after General John Coffee, a planter, US Congressman and military leader. What a treasure it is. More info HERE. 

We would love to go again in the Fall when it is cooler and the Fall leaves are turning.

Have you been to any state parks in Georgia? We would love to visit more of them.

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"The Bridge to Nowhere" Old Town, Florida

 

We took a day trip to Old Town, Florida on one of our camping trips for a hike to the Suwannee River. 

And yes, we walked across the "Bridge to Nowhere".

It was a beautiful sunny morning but the trees along the path provided plenty of shade and this was my favorite photo of the day.

Of course hubby and I got into the picture with that beautiful background!

There's so much history on the internet that I will add some links if you want to learn more.

This one HERE told of the supply ship that brought lumber to build the bridge. They sunk the ship when the delivery was made. That seems so odd but you can see the sunken ship sometimes.

Another good article HERE.

We took our time and took photos from both sides of the bridge.

Of course the Suwannee River is a beautiful river and we had a quiet morning.

There were very few walkers and bikes and no boats on the river.

It sure gave us a peaceful time in nature.

There were a few houses and this one was right on the river.

Another house had a longhorn cow and a donkey.

We saw hummingbirds feeding on the trumpet vine too.

These were purple martins I think.

This sign was at a residence along the trail.

It's an out of the way place to visit.

Just what I love!

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