Our next stop in our journey landed us in Athens, GA where we were able to stay at two beautiful parks just in time for the beautiful fall foliage. At one park, we were camped right on the water. Early mornings and sunsets brought opportunities to see plenty of deer as well as a family of ducks that visited daily. We had fun doing our nature studies here, seeing different types of trees and wildlife. Plus it was our first taste of cool crisp weather in a while and we reveled in it.         We loved mountain biking on trails through the woods where the whole trail was blanketed in autumn leaves. The kids even got Mom to go on a six-mile mountain bike trail over two bridges, a dam and a long wooden bridge. (More than once I might add!) It was beautiful.  The other park had a picturesque covered bridge from 1885 that we were able to ride our bikes across. What a memorable trip!