Flat Top Mountain Flower Picking 9.3.2022

  No hike today!  On this outing we decided to do something different.  Instead of a hike, we decided to go to a zinnia and sun flow farm.  It was absolutely beautiful.  I've never seen such tall healthy zinnias.  Not that I knew what a zinnia look liked you understand.  If you look at the pictures, you will see what I mean.  Also, there was a section where there were a couple of different varieties of  Sun Flower.  The farm was beautiful and the view fantastic.  Following the zinnias, we went to Shufords BBQ and picked up sandwiches and wagon trained to Pats lakefront home, sat on the edge of the lake and enjoyed our BBQ.  An absolutely great day with perfect outdoor weather.  

If you would like to see a whole bunch of flower pictures, click here.  If you aren't interested in flowers, don't bother.  

Red Clay State Park, 8.30.2022

It has been a long time since I visited Red Clay State Park.  The trails were pretty well marked and our hike covered just under three miles and lasted about two hours.  We meandered around the park with temperatures in the low 80's.  It was supposed to rain near the end of our hike, but we never had so much as a sprinkle.  Following the hike we had lunch at the Local Goat in Ooltewah, which was very good.   The rain came during our lunch and it really poured down for a short time.  By the time we had to go to our cars, the rain had diminished to a level where we could make a run for it.  

 If you would like to see some photographs, including maps and altitude graph, click here.