June 20th. part 2-The Ending to a Memorable Day.

After our lovely hike to the cross we decided as a group to go back to the YWAM camp at the bottom of the mountain and pick up our backpacks and go hike some more! great idea, right? totally. We actually had a destination planned for this hike, our goal; the natural hot springs-I had never even heard of a hot spring before....I was thinking "um...spring is usually hot in Georgia, and its June guys..." Needless to say I was a little behind everyone else. I went along regardless of my lack of knowledge of the event, I mean hey, It was an opportunity to hike with my pack that I love so dearly. I was ecstatic, the forest was beautiful and the weather was perfect!

 

I wish I could live in this valley, the picture doesn't do it justice. We quietly hiked through this valley not wanting to upset anything or disturb the peaceful feeling that it contained.

Up the mountain to the hot springs we headed, dodging toads in the trail and high stepping over fallen trees we made it!...and it smelled terrible. yup, all that way and the entire place smelled like rotten eggs, but it looked so neat.

The water was so hot it was boiling and steaming, and here's the kicker, we brought along a dozen eggs to hard boil. It was so much fun trying to figure out how to get it in and out successfully. I figured it out pretty quickly, not to brag or anything. 

He was a bit confused as to why I wrapped him in a bandanna
 and plopped him into boiling sulfur water.

Boy, after 15 minutes under he came out perfect! though...I'm not sure if it was worth burning off my finger hairs. Too late now.