Old Copper Road 3.6.18

I'm going to start off this little story with a another hiking technical term.  The term is "icky".  This term is to describe less than desirable weather conditions.  Today started off with light rain and drizzle as can be seen in the pictures.  Some wimps even carried umbrellas.  Can you imagine!  Anyway, the drizzle quickly let up leaving us with a little colder than expected day, but otherwize a very nice hike with only a few drops of water falling occasionally from the trees.  I would like to thank Trish for getting us out of our usual pattern and going somewhere new even though it was a little longer drive than normal.  I think it was well worth it.  There were 17 intrepid hikers on this staged hike of just over three miles.  This hike was level and along a very nice trail so I will rate it as easy.  After the hike we had a very nice late lunch at Puleo's Grill in Ooltewah.  The food was excellent and the service outstanding.  If you would like to see some pictures of the Ocoee River running high and fast, click here.