Another very nice hike led by Trish.  This time we headed for a further away location along the Ocoee River.  Trish had the forethought to call the ranger station and check on the trails beforehand.  She was told that our original selection was probably not the best idea and could possibly be washed out.  Therefore, she led us on a trail that was not the original selection.  It worked out wonderfully.  The day was a overcast for the most part and this made it much cooler than some of our recent hikes.  We had an excellent turnout of sixteen hikers.  The water table was the lowest I have ever seen.  Because of this, we had an excellent opportunity to see what was normally hidden by water.  This hike did take a little longer than usual at 3 hrs and 8 min.  I was expecting about a 4.5 mile hike, but the distance shown on my GPS, was 5.6 miles.  Up on finishing, I counted 14 souls which equates to about an 88% return rate.  Pretty good I think!  Actually we all made it back to our vehicles for the longish ride back to our original meeting place in Ooltewah.  If you would like to see a bunch of pictures, including a map and altitude graph, click here.