Springtime

"Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again."  -Gustav Mahler

This is a picture I took outside of my office today. 

Highlands, NC

These are a couple pictures from a trip to Highlands, NC we took last weekend. 

Cumberland Trail

Here's a picture of the Cumberland Trail at Signal Point near the southern terminus of the trail. For more info on the trail visit the link below. 

http://cumberlandtrail.org

Mabbit Springs Trail

Mabbit Springs

Mabbit Springs Trail

Cascade along Falling Water Creek

These images were taken from a hike on Mabbit Springs trail on Signal Mountain. This Chalybeate spring was believed to have healing water and was used to heal some from Cholera and Yellow Fever outbreaks in Chattanooga as early as the 1870's. Some believe  it was used even earlier than this date. 

North Suck Creek

Mushroom Rock

Conner Creek

Gracie and the North Suck suspension bridge. 

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.

-John Muir

These are a few images from a hike to North Suck creek I took with my hiking buddy (our dog Gracie). 

North Chickamauga Creek

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”

- Winnie-the-Pooh

This is a picture from a hike at North Chickamuaga Creek on 01/30/16.

Snow

In honor of Grounhog Day and the promise of an early spring here is a picture of the snow we had on 01/23/16.

Jellyfish

 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.  - Genesis 1:21

This photo was taken today at the TN aquarium jellyfish exhibits. 

Piney River

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for its not the same river and he's not the same man."   -Heraclitus

This photo was taken on a recent fishing trip to Piney River near Spring City, TN.

Watauga River Fly Fishing

"A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it."
by Arnold Gingrich

This is an image taken from Wilbur Dam.