This year, my in-laws decided to spend Christmas in the mountains of Georgia, in a small resort town called Helen. It was a wonderful time spent with loving folks, and I'd do it again in an heartbeat.

However, when they told me where we were going, I decided to check out the local area. It turns out that Unicoi state park was less than fifteen minutes' drive from Helen. Even better, the Appalachian Trail runs almost as close.

I managed to squeeze out enough time for a pair of day hikes on the AT. They're chronicled in the video below (apologies for the shoddy cell phone camera quality, but it's what I had with me)...