Meriwether Lewis Campground

Memorial Day weekend we headed off to the Meriwether Lewis Campground on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee. Being a free campground we did not know what we were getting into and if there would be any room on a holiday weekend. I drove over early Friday and found a very nice, clean, and pretty much empty campground. Dad and Mom arrived around one o'clock and Lora shortly after. We hiked around the campground and visited until dinner.

I had to work the next day so the three amigos did some hiking and traveling to local towns. Mom crashed on one of the hikes trying to out do Dad. Minor sports injury. After lunch, sightseeing in the close by towns. Hohenwald and Summertown where they found the Amish wagons set up by the highway selling baskets and canned and baked goods. Hohenwald evidently closes at noon on Saturday. Restaurants were open, but nothing else was.

Sunday, I picked up Braedon and headed back. We all spent the afternoon at the creek chasing crawdads, snakes, and lizards. After lunch we played games which Braedon mastered quite quickly. We celebrated Braedon's birthday that night and then visited around the campfire.

Monday we visited the local waterfalls before we headed back home.

Nice campground and you can use the dumping station at the Fall Hollow campground on 412.

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Calfkiller Creek

Lora and I put in at the Hwy 111 boat ramp on the Caney River. We saw all sorts of wildlife on this beautiful day. We turned and went up the Calfkiller Creek to the bend just before the E. Gooseneck Road bridge. About 3.7 miles one way.

We saw cows, turkeys, vultures, turtles, eagles, hawks, snake, fish, and wildflowers.

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Stringers Ridge, Salomon

Rock Creek held an event at Stringers Ridge in Chattanooga. Salomon shoe folks had hiking boots and running shoes to try out on the trail. I picked a pair of mid high boots, women foot shape specific they said-arch support and wide in the toe box; and handed over my ID. There were several folks on the Loop trail, families, couples, runners. Flowers were blooming. Saw the first Mountain Laurel of the season, Fire Pinks, Maple Leaf Vibernum, Little Brown Jug, lots of Solomons Seal, Beardtongue, Ipecac, Vinca, Spiderwort.

When I got back to the tent, there were two little girls picking the flags from the flagged off area, so cute, making a bouquet. I didn't like the boots enough to buy them, the arch support aggravated my right foot. Felt good on my left foot. Like my Keens better.

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