Reliving Special Memories—Fall Creek Falls

Reliving Special Memories—Fall Creek Falls

One of the reasons I wanted to go on this waterfall tour for our sixth anniversary was because I wanted to re-experience the elation that I had four years earlier at Fall Creek Falls touching the tallest waterfall West of the Mississippi Not only did I touch it, but...

Views from the Bottom – Cummins Falls

Views from the Bottom – Cummins Falls

“I descended to the roots of the mountains. Jonah 2:6 The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God. Sometimes the Best Journeys are along the Bottom of the Trail—Cummins Falls When we set out on a six-day...

A Short Day Trip with Loads of Grace-Filled Memories

A Short Day Trip with Loads of Grace-Filled Memories

Five Is the number of grace, so on the fifth day of our six-day waterfall tour, we decided to give ourselves some grace and to take it easy all morning, and just do a small trip in the afternoon that was close to where we were staying at Nana’s Farm, an Airbnb in...

Supernatural Signs on an Unexpected Stop

Supernatural Signs on an Unexpected Stop

Not Ready for Our Trip to End… We had just wrapped up a wonderful, six-day waterfall tour. As we left our AirBnb at Nana’s Farm, in Pikeville, Tennessee, and started our way home on Saturday, September 12, 2020, just before noon, we weren’t quite ready for our...

Hike Like a Goat: Part 1—Plan to Fall

Hike Like a Goat: Part 1—Plan to Fall

Hike Like a Goat This 7 part series came out of a conversation that my Honey and I had about being sure footed on the trail. She wanted to leave the fear of falling behind with all of its timidness and tentativeness. In other words she wanted to Walk Like a Goat. When...

The Joy I Feel When He Builds a Fire

The Joy I Feel When He Builds a Fire

A lovely romantic fire on Christmas Eve Honey's Perspective The first time I (Loral) saw my Hiker build a fire in the woods was mind boggling. Here are several things I felt—and still feel every time! Where am I and what year is it?I felt like I had been transported...

Thousands of Fireflies Make the Woods Magical

Thousands of Fireflies Make the Woods Magical

A Guestpost by Loral Pepoon (Honey) Something magical happens when you don’t know what to expect and an experience ends up being far better than you could have imagined. We happened to get lucky and snag the last campsite in the Smokey Mountains at Elkmont campground,...