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...
RAVEN CLIFF FALLS

RAVEN CLIFF FALLS

by | Apr 24, 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls

After our visit to Gibbs Gardens (4-20-22), we spent the night in Dahlonega, GA. We departed the “Gold City” early for the 45-minute drive to the Raven Cliff Falls Trailhead and were the first car to arrive in the small parking lot of one of...
GIBBS GARDENS

GIBBS GARDENS

by | Apr 23, 2022 | Travel

Karen needed a flower fix and the meager smattering of blooms we encountered during our mountain hikes were not enough. We took off to Ball Ground, GA to tour Gibbs Gardens’ 336-acres of meticulously-manicured gardens among meandering creeks, ponds and lakes,...