Billy Rosenbalm and his family try to visit Georgia’s Cloudland Canyon State Park once a month. They’ve lived in Dade County for 14 years and live only a mile away from the park’s entrance. They enjoy watching the seasons change at one of Georgia’s most popular state parks.
Rosenbalm figured he would get some exercise on Sunday by hiking the park’s waterfall trail.
“I just wanted to get out, enjoy the park and get a breather from everything,” Rosenbalm said.
He took his daughter and her friend, and after paying the entrance fee they saw the main parking lot was packed. A park employee directed them to the overflow parking area.
Once they were on the trail, Rosenbalm knew there was a problem.