Up On Lookout Mountain

Yesterday we went up to Lookout Mountain in Northeast Alabama. Our intentions were to see if the leaves had changed in the Little River Canyon Preserve. We decided we were going specifically for the purpose of taking some fall pictures of the canyon. We ate at a place called Ralph's Lil' River Canyon. This is a place we would recommend if you are ever in the area, but don't drive too fast and keep your eyes open or else you will miss it, we did. We walked down to Little River Falls and then we went on the scenic drive along the canyon rim. We took many pictures of this beautiful canyon as we stopped at many different lookouts. We met some nice people along the way and were even able to assist some with self portraits. We approached the last lookout and were discussing the trail that was there. This trail was rated arduous and steep. This is the highest rating in the park. As we were talking a lady came up the trail head obviously out of breath. We asked her if it was as hard as it says and she said something about needing help. We questioned her to find out her friend had broken her leg down the trail and she needed help. We left to go and help her friend while she called for help. When we found her (Amanda) she was in much pain and could not stand up but wanted to. We helped her to her feet but she was in too much pain and the trail was way too steep to attempt walking her out so we waited for search and rescue to show up. After a couple of hours every thing was okay and we had the opportunity to witness our first high angle/rope rescue as the rescuers extracted Amanda  from the canyon. Eventually we headed home and got hungry again so we stopped at a Huddle House and it just happened to be the #1 Huddle House in the country. Good food again. This was a great day and in the end everything was great. Praise God.




























Out in search of Autumn Colors.........


Today was a beautiful fall day, the wind was
 blowing and the temperature was cool.We went for a country
 drive in search of the changing colors and found some.
It was a nice day for an evening hike to the falls.We encourage all of our followers and friends to get outdoors and enjoy God's beauty and His creation.
Happy Hiking and Lord Bless You All,
Gentle Fir


Lets go Hiking

Doesn't this look inviting?

The beauty of Water Falls and Fall Colors

Grounded Haug and KatyDid

How Beautiful and Peaceful

Looks like a great swimming hole

I love Fall Leaves.....

A Father escorting his Daughter

Come join us on a hike.....

Dowdell Knob Loop (F.D. Roosevelt State Park)

Hello to all,
We are relaxing now after a great day outdoors. We woke up early to go and hike a local hike and ended up about 1 1/2 hours away in Georgia at F.D. Roosevelt State Park. We found out there are many trails there along with other things to do. We hike a 4.3 mile trail called the Dowdell Knob Loop. This is a very diverse trail with many things to offer. We hiked through severe tornado damage, soggy bottoms, rock outcrops, across a stream, and next to some pretty good drop offs where we had to watch every step. The weather was supposed to be clear with about a 10% chance of rain but we found out quickly that this had changed when it rained lightly most of the day, but this kept the temperatures down to a nice medium. We were escorted by our friend Tookie Tookie 66 and had the privilege once again of meeting other people with like interests and a love for the outdoors.

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

This showed us there was intelligent life near