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Christian MurilloExplorer

My love for natural landscape photography is what first got me outside. Now, I can hardly stay indoors. My sense of adventure has led me to travel all over the US (mostly in the SE), and also drove me to complete a +42,000 mile trip around the world.

Banks Lake is such a cool and unique spot. It is a HUGE lake and it is completely filled with beautiful Cypress trees rising from its black waters. Spanish Moss blows in the wind and it is one of the most peaceful scenes you will find anywhere in south Georgia. You can rent a canoe at the boat ramp or bring your own! Great for the whole family

Driving from the Eastern Smokies back down to Atlanta along the Blue Ridge Parkway at the peak of fall was easily the most scenic and fun drive I have ever done. Between the gentle curves in the mountainside roads and the numerous lookout shoulders, I just could not get enough. A 3.5 hour drive easily turned into a 6 hour drive because we just kept stopping at every lookout. At one point I even said to myself, "OK, I am going to drive 20 minutes without stopping, so I can actually make some progress on this drive." Not more than two minutes later, I found myself pulled over at another lookout point, dumbfounded how each view seemed better than the last. This drive is just one of those pure joys in life, unless you get motion sickness...

This trail is short and easy and has some really beautiful waterfalls. It is super accessible from Portland or Hood River as well. There are lots of waterfalls in the area, but this was one of the few waterfalls that stayed open after the most recent fires.