It was a bit overcast and cool, but what a great hike and presentation by Jim Ogden, the Historical expert of the Chattanooga National Military Park. There were 25 of us starting this hike. The initial climb on the Kiddie Trail is a bit strenuous so I would rate this portion as moderate. The rest of this relatively short 2.7 mile hike was rated as easy. Jim would pause at various points along the trail and point out interesting Civil war sites as well as introduce us to the personalities of the various Civil War leaders involved in the battles that took place in this area. Even though I had hiked this trail before, I had missed many interesting spots. This hike took 3 hrs. and 45 min. with an average moving speed of 1.8 mph and a maximum speed of 3.9 mph. Since there were so many of us, we broke up into smaller groups and headed to our favorite haunts for lunch. My group went to the Purple Daisy in St. Elmo where he had a great lunch and excellent conversation.
If you would like to see a bunch of pictures, maps and elevation graph, click here. Thank you Tom for contributing some pictures. If you are trying to view the pictures through the TTA website and having trouble, please go directly to the Blog at www.sdctta.blogspot.com.
Joke of the Week!
Use the word dandelion in a sentence...
Jamaican...
Da Cheetah is faster dandelion !!!
Weekly Trials and Tribulations of the Scenic City Chapter of the TTA
Weekly Trials. Tribulations and Photos experienced while hiking
Rock Creek to New Bridge 3.23.19
A beautiful day for a hike this saturday. Six hikers came to do some hiking. After a few minutes discussion we decided that rather than spend an hour (or so) staging autos for the scheduled hike we'd change the hike to a 10 mile hike from the Lower Leggett trailhead to the Rock Creek Bridge and back.
It turned out that we did about an 11 mile hike. We added about a mile to the hike (for good measure) with a couple of short side trips.
I would label this hike as strenuous due to its length and duration. The hike is generally uphill going in and downhill coming out. But, due to its length ( and the up and down terrain features of this trail) it pretty much seemed somewhat uphill in both directions.
A few small wildflowers were noted today. Within a couple of weeks this trail will likely be covered with wildflowers (especially some of the flats near the creek elevations). Luckily (maybe) some of these flowers may be in bloom next weekend when we hike there again.
If you would like to see some very nice photos, click here. If you are trying to view the photos from the TTA website and having trouble, please go directly to the Blog at www.sdctta.blogspot.com.
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