You'll Never Believe This...

  

  I'm sure you'll never guess what I've been up to lately. Aside from when I am at work abiding the crazy-coolness of being surrounded by 4-18 year old summer campers, I have been roaming about the Tennessee outdoors. It's June, it's officially summer, and it's perrrrfect swimming, hiking, biking, outdoor time.

 This particular day hike was at Fall Creek Falls, which is in TN about 1 1/2 from Nashville.

 My friend Jessica and I went and explored several short trails, enjoying the overlooks and quietness of the woods.

 We ventured down the Cable Trail, to Cane Creek Falls which is a short distance from Fall Creek Falls. It was a short, but strenuous hike. Check out the trail notice which was posted at the top of the cable descent:

 It was strenuous, but totally do-able for anyone in decent shape. It was gorgeous, and I actually preferred the Cane Creek Falls area to Fall Creek Falls.

 Being an overcast day, I kinda thought I wouldn't want to swim. Once I got to the base of Cane Creek falls though, of course I changed my mind!

Beautiful.

Return of the Fearless Tornado

I'm ready for Spring!!!! Oh I can't wait for warm sunny days! Today was an excellent day for adventures outside: 70 degrees, sunny, no work = perfect.
I recently checked out a great library book called "60 Hikes Within 60 Miles~ Nashville" by Johnny Molloy, figuring that there have got to be plenty of trails close by that would be a nice change from the usual loop at Percy Warner Park. I WAS RIGHT :) There are plenty of trails I've never been to or even heard of; now my mission is to explore them all! This morning, Aka (the fearless tornado), Maggie (the human friend), Coco (the human's doggie friend), and I drove east to Long Hunter State Park and hiked the Volunteer Trail/ Day Loop. It's a 4 mile loop next to Percy Priest Lake. I was happily surprised by the sparkling views and would certainly recommend putting this on your To Do List!