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2020 Vacation Day Six

July 18, 2020

2020 Vacation Day Six Adventure: Sill Branch Falls and Pineridge Falls on the Long Arm Branch Trail Cherokee National Forest, TN.

Looking forward to a short easy hike to a waterfall.
Trailhead was easy to find and the trail looks good so far.
Nice creek run along the trail.
Very easy creek crossings.
Waterfall!
The welcoming butterfly.
Up close and personal with the waterfall.
Ready to head back.
That was a very easy hike and nice little but tall waterfall.
Ready for another hike!
Easy trail.
Short hike to the waterfall.
Climbing on top of the falls is fun.
Very nice place to relax.
Climber #2.
Swinging vines right at the waterfall.
Salamander! We also saw a snake on the trail out (this makes five snakes total so far on our vacation adventures).
Easy hikes, nice waterfalls, everyone is happy!
We will camp here for the next three nights.
Setting up camp was fun.
Everyone pitched in.
Even the rookie camper gave it a whack.
We had it set up in no time!
So we had time to go to the swimming hole.
Fun day!!
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2020 Vacation Day Five

July 17, 2020

2020 Vacation Day Five Adventure: Conasauga Falls, Bald River Falls and Panther Branch Trail Cherokee National Forest, TN.

Ready for the 1.3 mile Conasauga Falls trail.
Looks very inviting!
Easy down hill all the way.
Beautiful cascades along the way.
The falls!!
Time to cool off . . .
and explore!
Mom saw an otter!
Time to relax and enjoy the view.
Very happy 😊.
These were in the area at the falls.
There were plenty of blackberries too!
Uphill climb all the way back.
Nice hike and beautiful falls!
We happened upon this place on our drive to the next trail.
Wow! Right on the side of the road!
Waterfall joy.
Standing in the sun for our next trail pic 
The Panther Branch trailhead is across the bridge,
and then a short distance down the creek.
This 4.1 mile trail had quite a few little creek crossings.
A lot of overgrown foliage.
Some pretty flowers.
Down trees.
More down trees.
We almost gave up on finding the waterfall. We were on our way back when we heard the waterfall but we couldn’t see it and there was no path to it. So we made our own path and found this!
Not a huge waterfall, but still nice.
We enjoyed the reprieve from the overgrown trail at the waterfall.
When Mom and Dad went down (before they brought us) to check out the waterfall Dad stepped in a very deep mud bath. We decided to purposely go in the mud!
We were happy to have actually found a waterfall for all the effort this trail required. That was quite an adventure!
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2020 Vacation Day Four

July 16, 2020

2020 Vacation Day Four Adventure: Coker Creek Falls, Cherokee National Forest, TN:

All rested and ready for an adventure!
This is a 6 mile round trip today.
Snake!
A quarter mile later a snake skin.
This downed tree was a challenge. The trail was narrow with a cliff drop on one side and rock wall on the other for the majority of the hike. With the tree down it was impossible to see the trail. Dad cleared a bit of the debris so we could all climb up and over and then under to the trail on the other side. We all made it safely!
A small portion of the hike was out in the open sun and it was hot today!!
Portions were steep and tiring.
We took some breaks along the way 😊.
Then we came to the first set of waterfalls. Beautiful!
We played, explored and cooled off in the water!
One last look at this beauty.
Then it was just a short hike up to this waterfall!!
A little further to this waterfall!!!
Finally to this waterfall!!!!
Relaxing together 💕
We tackled the down tree again on the way back.
We had a wonderful adventure today!