I can't believe I haven't written about Rock Island yet! I totally forgot to add this one on the list. It was by far one of my favorites. If you want an EASY day adventure you should go. It's located outside of McMinnville, TN. We car camped on this trip last July 4th weekend. Oh, how we've learned since this trip. I believe this was the trip were Jeremy had the brilliant idea of using a yoga mat to sleep on b/c he didn't want to take up too much room in the car. WORST SLEEP EVER.
Good camp gear can cost a pretty penny, but it's well worth it for comfort & easy transport. The other thing we didn't have on this trip was wood for a campfire. A really nice man saw that we didn't have any and donated to our sorry cause.
There were several easy hikes around the camp site, but the best part were the falls. They were awesome and you could walk right under them (although that scared me).
Here's a little video we took. Please forgive the southern accent, it seems to come out really thick when I'm in the woods. Not sure why.
Here's the link to go to the TN State Parks Website.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
If you haven't heard of Pinterest you need to sign up. It's insanely addicted to it! You can post links to images for all kinds of things you are interested in. I have a board dedicated soley to the things I want for hiking, one for my home, etc...
It's a better way to save links to things because you can visually see what you are linking to.
Here's the link to my hiking list!
When you are there be sure to add me to your circle of pins!
*Hint - click on the Follow me on Pinterest button to the right
It's a better way to save links to things because you can visually see what you are linking to.
Here's the link to my hiking list!
When you are there be sure to add me to your circle of pins!
*Hint - click on the Follow me on Pinterest button to the right
Monday, July 4, 2011
Hiking South Cumberland - Savage Gulf
We left Murfeesboro around 10:30am on Saturday July 2nd. This was probably too late to start a 4+ mile hike on July 4th weekend. The temp was in the 90's and I had the sweat to prove it.
We started the hike at the Savage Gulf ranger station. There were the most beautiful purple flowers, so I had to take some photos before we got too nasty.
Between my husband and I we had 6 liters of water in our bladders and an extra platypus. This would have been an ample supply if we had made it to our original destination at Hobbs cabin, but we didn't make it that far. Instead we went to the Meadowcreek campsite. Fyi...the name implied there would be a creek, but there wasn't one with running water. If there was, we would have filtered it and had plenty for cooking. We stayed the night at Meadowcreek and rationed our water in order to have enough for the 3.7mile hike back to the ranger station.
We used our 1 3/4 cup of water so that we could boil it for the Rice and Chicken freeze dried dinner. The meal was good, but REALLY salty! Too much sodium for someone who was trying to ration their water. Also, we probably shouldn't have had the wine that Chris and Heather siphoned into their Platypus, but we did. It was delicious too! Note to self: Our Daily Red wine
On another note, Chris had a few gadgets that I'm going to have to put on our list. One was the Instaflater. You can see him using it below, but it was great b/c you can inflate your air mattress without having to blow it up with your mouth.
On our way back there was a 14" diamondback snake on the trail. Heather, Chris, their dog Frasier, & myself walked right over it. Jeremy spotted it and decided not to tell me until I passed it so I wouldn't freak out. He tried to wake the snake by throwing a stick near it. It didn't move it, because it was sunning itself. Jeremy ended up going into the woods to get around him.
We started the hike at the Savage Gulf ranger station. There were the most beautiful purple flowers, so I had to take some photos before we got too nasty.
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| Jeremy, Heather (Frasier) and Chris |
Our plan was to hike from the ranger station to the falls to eat lunch. Then we would hike the remainder of the way to Hobbs Cabin. This didn't exactly go as planned...
Between my husband and I we had 6 liters of water in our bladders and an extra platypus. This would have been an ample supply if we had made it to our original destination at Hobbs cabin, but we didn't make it that far. Instead we went to the Meadowcreek campsite. Fyi...the name implied there would be a creek, but there wasn't one with running water. If there was, we would have filtered it and had plenty for cooking. We stayed the night at Meadowcreek and rationed our water in order to have enough for the 3.7mile hike back to the ranger station.
We used our 1 3/4 cup of water so that we could boil it for the Rice and Chicken freeze dried dinner. The meal was good, but REALLY salty! Too much sodium for someone who was trying to ration their water. Also, we probably shouldn't have had the wine that Chris and Heather siphoned into their Platypus, but we did. It was delicious too! Note to self: Our Daily Red wine
On another note, Chris had a few gadgets that I'm going to have to put on our list. One was the Instaflater. You can see him using it below, but it was great b/c you can inflate your air mattress without having to blow it up with your mouth.
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| Chris using The Instaflater |
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| Diamondback snake on the trail |
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