Battle Creek (nice pics too)

     Sunday morning my husband and I knew we wanted to do something outside. We pulled up the weather, 40 % chance of rain. We both know had we decided to go kayaking that percent would instantly go up to 100.  That's just the way it goes. My husband, Les, needed to get some parts for OUR camper/ bus/ work truck/ flee market vehicle. He is installing a sink in it. He decided we would head Lowe's.  We would find someplace to take a little walk too.

  

     We got ready, and headed down the mountain up to Kimble TN. Just over the bridge, at the bottom of the mountain, Les turned into a park / boat ramp that  is on the Chattanooga River.  Les had a conversation with a man who was launching his fishing boat. Les and I strolled around the park for a little bit. I was drawn to an old what use to be a bridge of some sort. Maybe it was an old railroad bridge. Anyway I thought it was interesting, so I took a few pictures of it. The bridge/tunnel gave me an idea for a blog about graffiti, NO not this blog:-).

    My hubby drove up the street a little ways to a place called TVA Battle creek recreation area. We had been here in the beginning of the summer, my feet were not dressed for walking, and I was sun burnt, so we didn't walk very far. This time, I planned ahead and wore sneakers. 

     You can't drive on the gravel path.    We parked in the little lot, next to one other car. As we began our walk we noticed someone, or several someone's, had driven on this driveway. There is clearly a sign stating no vehicle traffic. Oh well, I'm not the Battle Creek police.

      As we began our journey I noticed several unique pieces of God's art work, interesting vine, colorful flowers here and there. The woods are very thick and wet. There were twists in the road. This made it more interesting for me because I couldn't see too far ahead. There was a new surprise around every corner.

 

     We chatted with a lady and her three dogs.  Her dogs were very happy to see us. They shared their mud with us:-).  The dogs' owner told us the trail was about a mile or so long. Cool, we can do that. Yeah, of course we can, we've hiked MT Washington. We continued our stroll along the path, and came across a very thick swamp. It was obvious the water along the creek and swamp had been much deeper.

     Les and I arrived at an old rail road track; we noticed a sign stating we were leaving TVA property. Way in the distance there was a house. At that point a truck came around the bend, and headed for the house. That explains the tire tracks. The TVA path must be a right of way for the house. I wouldn't mind living back there.

  

     I enjoyed our Sunday stroll down TVA Battle Creek recreation area. We discussed camping there. You do here the traffic at the beginning of the road, so I can't imagine that would be too appealing to a camper looking for peace and quiet. I have to assume it could get awfully buggy too, with all the standing water and thick forest.