Rock Island State Park 3.23.2024

Rock Island State Park Outing, March 23, 2024.  We enjoyed a full day a beautiful Rock Island State Park.  We visited Great Falls and Twin Falls and saw spring wildflowers.  We Hiked Downstream Trail, Eagle Trail, Bluff Trail and Collins river Nature Trail.  We enjoyed our lunch at Badger Flat Picnic Area along Caney Fork River.  We hiked along the cascading Caney Fork River and Collins river.  We saw TVA's Great Falls dam releasing vast amounts of water into Caney Fork River Gorge.  We visited with Ranger Evan Greene.  Our fifteen hikers were from Scenic City, Highland Rim and Murfreesboro Chapters.  Our hikers were Connie Lusk, Antonella Riveolta, Randy Medley, Dave Gram Julie Roberts, David Markley, Will Latham, Tome McElhone, Betsy Darken, Anna Lina Buckley, Margie Schumacher, Ray Schumacher, Jeanie Coulter, Stuart Coulter, and Taylor Gregory.  Joan Hartvigsen was the hike leader.  

Have you heard of the new sport called silent tennis?  It is exactly like regular tennis but without the racquet.  

Little Cedar Mountain .19.2024

 It was a little cold at the beginning of this hike.  Everyone was glad they had their gloves on.  The problem was that it is always very difficult to take pictures with gloves on and if you stop and take your gloves off, take a picture and then put gloves back on, the group is way ahead of you and you have to hustle to catch up.  About a quarter of the way through, it warmed up enough to take my gloves of and start taking pictures.  We hiked the loop in just under 3hrs and the distance was 3.6 miles.  The total ascent was 728 feet.  We snacked at our regular lookout point and then continued on. Our hike leader kept us together and moving and on course.  A very nice hike.  

If you would like to see some very nice pictures taken during this hike as well as an altitude graph and map, click here.  

My friend was explaining electricity and I was "Like Watt"?

Walden Ridge 3.12.2024

 I do not have a write up for this hike, but as you can see from the photos it was cool and sunny.  It looks like some of the group had some ice-cream.

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I don't understand why people have to "Get ready for bed".  I'm always "Ready for bed"!

Five Points, Cloudland Canyon, 3.5.2024

 Rain? Bah! Wind? Who cares?  Fog? Not a problem.  None of these thwarted the adventurous souls from an "enjoyable" hike.  Ad when I say enjoyable, what I am really referring to is the nice warm shower when you get home.  Four of us braved the day and actually had a nice ike until the last 1.5 miles when we had a bit more precipitation then was desirable.  Everyone took a turn at leading the way and we didn't get lost in the "spaghetti" that is the 5 Points area (check out the Alltrails map).

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Shoutout to anyone who got through today without a nap!  Pulling an all-dayer is tough!

Roaring Creek 3.2.2024

 I do not have a hike report for this one, but it looks a bit cold with some snow on the ground.  This is a great hike and there were at least 11 hikers including the photographer.  No reports of any deaths to I suspect that everyone had a good hike.  

If you would like to see some very nice pictures taken during this hike, click here.  

Never give your printer any hints that you are in a rush, they can smell fear!