Rock Island State Park

Rock Island State Park

by | Jun 15, 2022 | Hiking, Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls

Keith and Diane Logan stayed with us in Chattanooga on the way back to their summer home in Indiana from a winter condo in Florida. Heavy rains for three days before they arrived, enticed us to go back to Rock Island State Park. Rock Island suffered a dry spell during...
CATHEDRAL CAVERNS

CATHEDRAL CAVERNS

by | Jun 14, 2022 | Hiking, Travel

Earth’s surface temperature may be unbearable, but it’s always 58-61 degrees inside the cave near Woodville, Alabama. Off we go 260-feet deep and 3/4 of a mile into Alabama’s Cathedral Caverns State Park. .
OLD STONE FORT

OLD STONE FORT

by | Jun 6, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Travel, Water Falls

Thursday (6-2-22) we traveled to Manchester, TN to visit with Karen’s niece Savana and meet her new husband Josh for the first time. The young couple were on leave from the Navy base in San Diego, CA spending time with Josh’s parents near Nashville....
RINGGOLD, GEORGIA

RINGGOLD, GEORGIA

by | Jun 1, 2022 | Events, Travel

Since 1970, Ringgold, GA has placed US Flags and Crosses around their City on Memorial Day weekend. They started with 12 flags. This year volunteers and families placed 1,850 flags with the names and service branches of veterans that gave their lives for our country....
SEQUATCHIE VALLEY FEST

SEQUATCHIE VALLEY FEST

by | May 10, 2022 | Events, Tennessee, Travel

Karen and I have passed this lookout, with a sweeping view of the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, dozens of times going and coming from day trips to hike waterfall trails in the far eastern portion of the Appalachian Mountains. This was the first time we stopped. On...
THE ELUSIVE JULIA FALLS

THE ELUSIVE JULIA FALLS

by | May 6, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls

100-foot Julia Falls is inaccessible on foot. Flowing from a sheer bluff on the side of a vast canyon in the Tennessee River Gorge, a way to hike to the cataract remains uncharted. Just minutes from downtown Chattanooga, Signal Mountain is a maze of crossing roads,...
NATIONAL CORNBREAD FESTIVAL

NATIONAL CORNBREAD FESTIVAL

by | Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

In South Pittsburg, TN they celebrate with a full week of cornbread-related activities, culminating in the big bash downtown on the last full weekend each April. We joined the festivities on Sunday (4-23-22) and sampled some of the finest cornbread I’ve ever...