Category Archives: Outside

Frozen Head (Again) Bird Mtn and Lookout Tower Trls 2-22-2020

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

As it turns out, Frozen Head State Park is a great place for us to hike. Not only is the park convenient, located an hour’s drive from Knoxville, but it is dog friendly and has a number of easy, moderate … Continue reading →

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Helmsley-The Beginning of An Adventure

Posted on February 16, 2020 by

I don’t remember why, but we took a cab from York to Helmsley. John seems to remember the train took too long and neither of us wanted to take a bus. The travel was initially complicated by a traffic problem … Continue reading →

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About Last Week 2/3-2/9/2020

Posted on February 10, 2020 by

Monday The excitement started on Sunday with the receipt of the email below. For the past several years, I have randomly submitted requests to the lottery for a cabin at Phantom Ranch located in the Grand Canyon National Park. I … Continue reading →

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Freezing in Frozen Head, Spicewood Trail 2-7-2020

Posted on February 9, 2020 by

A week of warm weather and damaging rain ended in a drop in temperature and light snow. We had planned to backpack Friday night but the remembrance of a winter night years ago, spent in Frozen Head on the very … Continue reading →

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January 2020-it’s a wrap……

Posted on January 31, 2020 by

January is going out similar to the way it came in-chilly and dreary. It was a good month by all accounts though it fell a little short of what my active self would have liked. On the rare occasion I … Continue reading →

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Seven Islands, TN’s Newest and Best State Park…

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

Seven Islands State Birding Park is the newest gem in TN’s system of 56 parks. The park encompasses 423 acres along the French Broad River where grounds are managed as a grasslands and river habitat for 190 species of birds. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Afternoon…

Posted on November 30, 2014 by

Ah, Sunday afternoon.  Here in sunny east Tennessee, the temperature reached near 60 and the sky was crystal clear.  What a far cry from the bitter temperatures we experienced last weekend. I got out and ran today, my first since … Continue reading →

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