March 24, 2007 TANASI TRAILS

TheTri State Wanderers had five hikers out on a beautiful day for a five mile loop hike over trails in the Tanasi Trail System near Ocoee Whitewater Center in Tennessee....

The group hiked up the Thunder Rock Trail ( also the Benton MacKaye Trail ), and the Black Rock Trail and returned on a section of the Chestnut Mtn Trail and the Thunder Rock Express Trail....

shown in photo are Bob and Sherl Roberson and Jim and Sheri Harrington

SCENIC SPUR TRAIL March 3, 2007

The Scenic Spur Trail Head is 42 miles east of Five Forks off US route 64. After passing the OCOEE WHITEWATER CENTER make a right turn onto TN 30 and turn left immediatly into the parking area. It is a 1.7 mile , very easy walk along Rock Creek, with two creek crossings before arriving at the lower falls, down hill to your right ( steep and rocky footway, be careful if you scamper down! ). The upper falls are soon reached, again rough pathway if you want to hike to the creek for a better view of the falls.

HIDDEN FALLS... Not recommended in the guide books because there is no safe walkable path, but if you continue upstream by going to your left and hiking under and then on top of the overhang, you can then follow the creek upstream to another and much prettier waterfall, about 500 feet further.