Another great day for a hike. Just a little overcast, but mostly sunny. It was a rather long drive to Stone Door-Laurel Falls, but everyone enjoyed the company and it was a great day. Seventeen of us arrived in a caravan of five cars. The falls were really beautiful after all of the rain we have been having. I would rate this rather short 2.6 mile hike as easy. The overlooks were absolutely gorgeous! The stone door was very interesting. As can be seen in the photos, a large slab of the bluf had separated from the main portion creating a split. Through this split rock steps were placed and hence the name stone door. Several of the hikers went through the stone door thinking that was where we were headed, but actually this was the turn around point since continuing to the next stopping point was another 7 miles! We got them turned around and everyone returned. Following the hike most of the group had lunch at the "Old Goat" restaurant in Monteagle. The hike took about 2 hrs and 13 minutes with a maximum walking speed of 3.9 mph. The average speed was 2.2 mph with an actual moving time of just over one hour. If you would like to see a whole bunch of pictures, including maps and altitude chart, click here If you would like to see a short video of the falls click here and click here. If you are viewing the pictures through the TTA website and having trouble, please go directly to the Blog at www.sdctta.blogspot.com. Google Chrome is the prefered browser.
New photos added 3.3.19