Fall has begun!!! It is the perfect time for hiking in beautiful East Tennessee!! Though the threat of rain and chilly temperatures caused some of our group to choose to stay indoors on our first official CHUMC Youth Hike, we still had a great time!!!
Our plan was to grab some lunch and then head to Laurel Falls! We decided to try a new trail head, so our planned 1 1/2 mile adventure (from Dennis Cove) turned into more more than double that distance! We did see some of God's beautiful workmanship though!! The gentle stream and early fall foliage was really pretty! We didn't even let a little misty rain stop us. But, after a while, when we realized that we weren't even half-way to the falls, we made a group decision to forgo this nature walk for another......warmer/drier day and head to DAIRY QUEEN!!
But, the highlight of our adventure was definitely on the trail when we ran into local celebrity, and nature guru, Marty Silver!!! We could kick ourselves for not snapping a picture with him! We all told him that he had come to our schools when we were little.......all of our schools!! HA!
Join us on our next hiking adventure........when we will actually make it to the falls!!
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