Red Clay State Historic Park

8.31.2011  McBob, George & Earl.  The weather was perfect, not too hot and not too cool and a little overcast.  Red Clay State Historic Park is a small park dedicated to the Cherokee Indians and their journey on the Trail of Tears.  The basic trail is only 1.7 miles long, but by the time you visit some of the preserved log cabins and barns, you will travel about 2.5 miles which is what we did.  The trail is well manicured and kept in good condition but there are several off shoot trails and shortcuts that you have to be careful of.  On this hike we met the archaelogical expert of the park as she was doing some volunteer moving of rocks at the Blue Hole.  She pointed out a very large crawfish, a water snake and we also saw a copper head in the water.  Unfortunately I couldn't get a picture of the copperhead as it was swimming too fast.  To see a couple of pictures, click HERE or click on the Red Clay tab above.