Greeter Falls

Last Sunday, August 15th, Jeremy and I hiked to Greeter Falls outside of Altamont, TN.  The map above isn't entirely accurate because at the end of the hike, we got in a car and drove back to the starting point.  It was a 7 mile hike before we got in the car.  A little longer and a lot harder than our previous hike.  The pace we went at was what made it challenging for me.  Our guide does these things so much it felt like I was running to keep up.

The falls felt excellent and were worth the hike.
Cumberland Transit, an outdoors store downtown, was where we did the hike through.  It was free to sign up and we made friends with another couple.  It was exhausting, but I'm proud of myself each time I do something like this to test my physical limitations.

Radnor Lake

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Today Jeremy and I decided I needed to break in my hiking shoes (which I desperately needed if I'm going to do this outdoorsy thing).  I got Merrell Siren Sport Hiking boots this tax free weekend thanks to my Macy's.  They were the best deal on hiking shoes I could find at $75.  I wanted to be prepared for my 6 mile hike next weekend.

Anyways, we weren't feeling our best this morning.  I believe I have a cold, but we had decided we were going to go hiking last weekend.  Jeremy says he doesn't back out, so we went ahead anyways.  Once on the trail, I was hesitant to do anything more difficult than a basic walk b/c I couldn't stop sneezing and my throat was killing me.  Jeremy lured me to the top of the strenuous trail by telling me that he read about the fantastic views in Backpacker magazine.  I went ahead hoping to see this so called view.  The incline was steep and left me breathless.  Not because of the fantastic views, but because I was severely out of breath. Once we got to the top of Ganier Ridge trail, I was saddened to realize there was no view.  Just wooded forest.   While, the nature of Radnor Lake is beautiful, I felt lied to by my husband.  Quickly I decided to think of the positive.  A.  We were exercising together B.  I was breaking in my shoes and C.  I wasn't on my couch on a Sunday watching trashy VH1.  The trail took us about :45 minutes and the rest of the time was the time walking back from the trail along the road, which has been destroyed by the floods earlier this year.  They've raised $1,400 so far for clean up, but it's going to take them a lot more money to repair that damage. 

I have this app for my Droid X called Cardio Trainer. I enabled the GPS on my phone and it detected our entire hike. It was pretty cool. I then went to their website and am able to give you a screenshot of my hike.

There you have it! Radnor Lake is pretty cool in that it's in the middle of Nashville.  I can't wait to go back when the water is actually flowing into the streams and the lake isn't as stagnant as is in the summer.