hiking. Once in the rain and once in the cool fall sun.
Saturday we did the Pete's Branch Falls hike in the Horse Creek area of Cherokee National Forest. The weather has been hot and dry and Pete's Branch was largely gone and the falls were nonexistent. However, it began to rain a bit as we approached and sought cover under the bluff. Enough rain fell for a trickle to begin where I imagine a beautiful falls normally flows. Nice easy hiking, and no one else on the trail. While we got a little wet, overall it was a good hike. The dogs got to run and the people had fun.
Margarette Falls was tackled on Sunday afternoon, under those intensely blue skies September sometimes gifts us with. Odd to remember my 13th birthday was spent similarly - my first Sunday in Tennessee. Lots of people out hiking this trail, some with dogs, some in (high-heeled) clogs. This is a Turtlehead (? - not quite sure about spelling) and it is a member of the orchid family according to a learned hiker we met who lost his KFC to a lost dog he tried to help.
My little black dog enjoyed the walk.
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And people said it couldn't be done.
Saturday we did the Pete's Branch Falls hike in the Horse Creek area of Cherokee National Forest. The weather has been hot and dry and Pete's Branch was largely gone and the falls were nonexistent. However, it began to rain a bit as we approached and sought cover under the bluff. Enough rain fell for a trickle to begin where I imagine a beautiful falls normally flows. Nice easy hiking, and no one else on the trail. While we got a little wet, overall it was a good hike. The dogs got to run and the people had fun.
Margarette Falls was tackled on Sunday afternoon, under those intensely blue skies September sometimes gifts us with. Odd to remember my 13th birthday was spent similarly - my first Sunday in Tennessee. Lots of people out hiking this trail, some with dogs, some in (high-heeled) clogs. This is a Turtlehead (? - not quite sure about spelling) and it is a member of the orchid family according to a learned hiker we met who lost his KFC to a lost dog he tried to help.
My little black dog enjoyed the walk.
And people said it couldn't be done.
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