Russell Cave National Monument | Noccalula Falls | Cheaha State Park, Alabama’s Highest Point | January 2023 On Thursday morning, we packed up our car once again and said goodbye to our last rental house of this trip. We drove North into Tennessee, took I-24 to Kimball, then went South on US-72 into Alabama. Our…
Visiting Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park | January 2023 Just South of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River rises the imposing mass that is known as Lookout Mountain. This mountain (which is actually more a plateau) was the centerpiece of all of our day trips while staying in Chattanooga, so it’s worth talking about at…
Tellico Plains, TN to the Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains | Hiking Blood Mountain | DeSoto Falls Recreation Area | January 2023 On Friday morning, it was time to leave our cabin in Tellico Plains and move on. We had found a rental house near Chattanooga, TN that was very affordable and had everything we look…
Scenic Driving in Cherokee National Forest | Hiking a Section of the Benton McKay Trail | January 2023 By our last full day in Tellico Plains, we had sort of run out of things to do nearby. Additionally, Curtis had a meeting at 1 which made it difficult to drive further to do things —…
Visiting Fort Loudon State Historic Park | Vonore, TN | January 2023 At this point during our stay in Tellico Plains, we had gone South, South West, and East, and so we decided that it was well time to go North. I laid out a plan to visit a couple historic spots, and then to…
Bald River Falls in Cherokee National Forest | Hiking the Bald River Trail | Tellico Plains, TN | January 2023 Today was another rainy day, but rainy days make for the best waterfall hikes, so we picked one nearby and went for it. We started on the Cherohala Skyway, but before the road started going…