Decatur to Clarkston on the Stone Mountain Trail
Distance: about 5.4 miles, depending on where you start Cities: Decatur, Avondale Estates, Scottdale, Clarkston Features: Food on either end of the route and in Avondale Estates, nice stretches of green. Here's where we discuss the fact that I am an idiot. I used to hike and camp and paddle a bit when I was younger. However, over the past few years I've had some injuries and illnesses that limited my ability to do things and also punished me sharply for overdoing. Every time I'd start to feel a little better, I'd get all excited and push it too far and wind up on my ass. Again. This happened many times and I did not learn. So I walked two miles on the Beltline with my husband and it seemed fine, so I thought I'd take a nice walk while he was in a meeting in Decatur and have him pick me up after he was done. [SpongeBob voice] Two hours later... I am five miles away in Clarkston and bitterly regretting the last two miles of that at least. In my defense, the last
