Providence Canyon
Yesterday, Thomas and I joined our friends, Catherine and Brian, to explore one of Georgia’s Natural Wonders - Providence Canyon. Actually, the canyon isn’t a natural wonder. It was created by erosion in the 1800s when farmers planted in the soft sand and clay without terraces.
I’ve been wanting to go there for a while because it’s an Earth Cache, which I recently heard about from Lisa. There are 17 in the state, and this is the first one we’ve logged. We’re adding some of the others to our list so we can check them out — or recheck them out for some that we’ve seen before we knew they were Earthcaches. I’m really amazed that Stone Mountain isn’t one.
The canyon is 150 feet deep and lined with white sand and red clay. It really looked like Sedona, Arizona. I loved looking at all of the texture and colors in the walls - red, white, yellow, purple, wavy, stacked, and drippy. The trail at the bottom of the canyon was very muddy with red clay. We liked crawling into the crevices where it was at least 10 degrees cooler, like a cave.
At the entrance is a park with a little flower garden. It was a warm, sunny day, and the flower fragrance was wonderful. We spent some time there photographing the azaleas, dogwoods, wisteria, and bees. We got our fill for the start of Spring.
As usual, I’ve posted our photos online:
- My Providence Canyon (40 photos)
- Thomas’ Providence Canyon (43 photos)
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Simply amazing.
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Wow, what great photos! Interesting to see that is from erosion from not so long ago (in the big picture).
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wow, you guys take such amazing pictures.
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Beautiful and absolutely worth it, but when I read the “trail was very muddy with red clay.” I immediately imagined what that laundry was going to look like. I think I’d turn the hose on the boots and toss out the pants!
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Yay! Looks like a fun hike and beautiful place and now you gotta Earthcache. :)
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Nice shots! The link to Thomas’ photos could use some repair work, though :-)
Those pictures are really good and interesting.. I had not heard of that canyon.
What a beautiful place, and such a nice time with friends. I’m going to have to visit there someday–Georgia isn’t that far away!
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I’ve seen John Pruitt talk about this place on his specials here on WSB but I’ve never been. You might just inpsire me to visit soon!
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Your pictures are so beautiful, I love them.
Great pictures.
How was the geocaching?
I’m planning a trip and am considering trying geocaching for the first time.