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The weather started out great today, but after leaving Barr Camp, I felt sprinkles and heard thunder nearby. I covered over 12.5 miles so I expect to feel rough tomorrow in my legs.
I posted some photos taken along the way, too. You can see them here.
It was a great day for getting outdoors. The temperature was 73°F with a few clouds. I hiked in the Bear Creek Regional Park, which is filled with trails suitable to bikes, horses, and people. The creek itself is tiny. It feeds into Fountain Creek, which runs by America the Beautiful Park.
The hike was about 7.5 miles and a little less than two hours of total time.
I snapped a few photos along the hike, but the GPS unit’s camera is not too good with the lighting.
I had a great walk on part of Pikes Peak Greenway starting from American the Beautiful Park. The weather is just amazing today with 72°F and light breeze.
I walked past all sorts of parks and recreation facilities. The trail was full of lots of other people enjoying the day, too. I will have to do this again, but in the opposite direction. Overall, I went 6.5 miles.
We hiked a new trail for us today. We have hiked Middle Prong Trail, which has a set of beautiful water falls, but we want to do something new.
This trail was an old railroad bed included old bridge foundations. Katie Beth enjoyed cross Long Branch and maybe even falling in on the return route. We had to turn back, because the recent rain had raised the level of the creek too much to cross.
We had a nice hike to Laurel Falls today. Katie Beth was excited, because a family with 5 children walked the trail with us.
The drive to the falls parking area had many icicles hanging from the rocks. After starting the hike, Katie Beth enjoyed getting them along the trail and eating them like a snacks.
After the hike, we stopped at the Sugarland Visitor Center. Katie Beth enjoyed seeing the mounted and stuffed animals. We headed to Pigeon Forge and Sevierville to shop the outlet stores.
We finished the day dinner at The Fox and Parrot Tavern. The Fish and Chips are the best we have ever had and Katie enjoyed them, too. Katie Beth enjoyed engaging the staff and other customers. She even figures out some of the bar puzzles.
We all headed out to enjoy our first hike on a trail. We picked Lead Cove Trail because it looked to be in the sun for most of the trail and the trail followed Sugar Cove Prong (stream). We saw a lot of rhododendron and fallen trees. The fallen trees looked to be from a storm as they were all pointing in the same direction.
The temperature was very cold, but it felt good in the sun. Katie Beth got her pants wet and the pants froze stiff by the end of our hike. We hiked high enough and into the shade enough to see snow.
In Cades Cove, the deer were everywhere grazing in the fields.
Katie Beth and I had nice humid hike this morning to the Metal Mayhem geocache.
We got to walk by the cave entrance, too.
But, Katie Beth’s main objective was to get to the playground.
The weather is great with morning. Karen is leading our hiking.
Katie Beth is dragging due to the lack of sleep.
The weather is wonderful today with the temperature at 61°F. The wind is blowing up the side of Rainbow Mountain.
The hiking is great. We are seeing a lot of hikers and friendly dogs.
We are climbing all over the rocks and a fallen tree.
Our morning started out at around 33°F as we loaded up into the car. We headed into the Great Smoky Mountains in search of a good hike. We decided on the hikes near The Sinks.
The Meigs Creek Trail is a very nice hike with a very smooth trail and some nice views. The lack of leafs allowed us to see even more nice views. The trail is also very nice because you start at one creek and walk to another creek so you get to hear the rushing water.SPRINTGPS_Hiking_2011-11-25_14-53