Hike in Greenbrier with Brackneys and Frenches

Marks parents, Rita and Jerry, went with us to the mountains on Tuesday, Oct.23.  Mark drove us up a narrow rocky road to the beginning of the Ramsey Cascade trail.  We walked a ways and then came back to some logs for our pnutbutterapple lunch. It was a beautiful day in the mountains, warm and colorful.  Some people on the trail came back in a hurry and said they saw a 300 pound bear.  We missed him but we had a grand time just walking and looking...

October 16 hike up yhr Elkmont river road

the mountains were orange on top

We had a sunny cool day for another hike in Elkmont. The trees were lit up  across the creek for the whole hike. 

We walked a mile and a half and stopped for our pnutbutter apple lunch. Lots of people on the trail and on the road to see the leaves.   

We drove the Foothills Parkway after dinner at Miss Lilys..We stayed to watch the sunset...Beautiful Day!!!!

Adventure up the Jakes Creek Trail October 11,, 2012

We started  our fall mountain trips with a hike up the Jakes Creek trail.  We were looking for the Mayna Avent cabin and we had quite an adventure.It is a place that not many people even know about in the Smokies.  The ranger  that I asked had not heard of it.  We walked on a pretty sunny day with our friends and when we got to the Cucumber Gap sign , we went to the right.  We came to a clearing with a horse barn on it and we were trying to decide which way to go when three hikers came up from the other side of the barn.  They said we had taken a wrong turn and they would show us the right trail to the cabin.

Sammie started after them and I got behind so that at one point we were all separated on the trail...John and Mark were way behind me.  The hikers said they would put a brush pile  to mark the steps down to the cabin trail so when I got to it, I yelled for Sammie but didn't hear her.  I started down the trail and there she was on a skinny log bridge.  We finally got to the cabin . 

Mayna Avent cabin

We did an October hike with the Frenches.  We hiked up the Jakes creek trail looking for the Mayna Avent cabin.  After a mile and a half, we found it.  John and Mark waited for us on the steps down to the cabin trail.