Hiking on Monte Sano

Yesterday after the family left (Mom, brothers, and a cousin came for a visit) I decided to take a hike...on Monte Sano.



I found where a trail started right near my apartment and ended up on a 2.5 hour leisure hike basically in a circle coming almost right back to where I started (really closer to my apartment complex..so a good thing I just walked from there).



The particular trail that I took was a former railroad (appropriately named Railroad Bed Trail) and had several trestle leftovers (I don't currently have any of those pics downloaded) where it crosed creeks and drainage ditches (where the water rolls down Monte Sano...into the Tenn River I assume)

only it hasn't rained in forever so it's all dried out


I did make some friends along the way

I taught young grasshopper wax on and wax off



This nice family posed for me.

Thier friends were scared and hid in the rocks



See a Disney Character?


I call this We Three Trees...of Orient are...


I'm kinda stumped on what to call this


Timber


Random cool lookin tree