{"id":8787,"date":"2022-09-24T05:28:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T05:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/?p=8787"},"modified":"2025-06-15T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:37:10","slug":"mini-family-reunion-at-cherokee-rock-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/blog\/mini-family-reunion-at-cherokee-rock-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Family Reunion at Cherokee Rock Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>We had a mini-family reunion at Cherokee Rock Village in Leesburg, AL to celebrate my sister&#8217;s 37th birthday this past Saturday (9\/24\/2022). Karl and I hadn&#8217;t been to Cherokee Rock Village AKA Sand Rock in years and it&#8217;s changed a lot. When we last visited I don&#8217;t believe it was an official park. It&#8217;s now an official park called Cherokee Rock Village complete with admission, a store, pavilions, a playground, etc. Definitely worth a visit, or a nice place to camp if you&#8217;re into that. The park has beautiful views (which we failed to walk out and enjoy this trip) and tons of interesting large rock formations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/i.php?\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_185659513_iOS-la.jpg\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherokee Rock Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/_data\/i\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_193005322_iOS-la.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interesting rock formations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/_data\/i\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_194901430_iOS-la.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun with the family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/i.php?\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_210640804_iOS-la.jpg\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My siblings, our partners, and my nieces. Oh my!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/i.php?\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_Nikon_043-la.jpg\" width=\"1008\" height=\"670\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">We love to be silly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/_data\/i\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_224503156_iOS-la.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Rock Main Area &#8211; I love that all the rocks are named.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/i.php?\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_Nikon_089-la.jpg\" width=\"1008\" height=\"670\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vibe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/_data\/i\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_Nikon_070-la.jpg?resize=503%2C756&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"503\" height=\"756\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My parents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/_data\/i\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_Nikon_156-la.jpg?resize=503%2C756&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"503\" height=\"756\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">My handsome pirate hubby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/i.php?\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220924_Nikon_178-la.jpg\" width=\"503\" height=\"756\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">So many cool rock formations!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<figure style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/i.php?\/galleries\/2022\/Cherokee_Rock_Village\/20220925_013858136_iOS-la.jpg\" width=\"1008\" height=\"756\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karl and I had a blast hanging out late with Stacey and Matthew.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>For more photos from this day visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/carolandkarl.com\/photos\/index.php?\/category\/187\">Cherokee Rock Village photo album<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a mini-family reunion at Cherokee Rock Village in Leesburg, AL to celebrate my sister&#8217;s 37th birthday this past Saturday (9\/24\/2022). Karl and I hadn&#8217;t been to Cherokee Rock Village AKA Sand Rock in years and it&#8217;s changed a lot. When we last visited I don&#8217;t believe it was an official park. 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