Hike to raise awareness a success!

Our TTA multi-chapter hike was a great success with 35 hikers coming from 7 different Tennessee Trails Chapters to hike the Soddy Segment of the CT.

Here is a trip report from Don Deakins of the Soddy Daisy Chapter...

Weather on this hike was far from optimum... temperature was high and the humidity was higher. Despite unfavorable conditions, this far ranging crowd from all over middle and east Tennessee was able to tour areas of destruction caused by rock mining and still complete the hike in allotted time. Thanks to Tony and Millette Jones for organizing an excellent event. Excerpts from video recorded during this event are available here.

This is a 6 minute high quality video and therefore a very large 316 meg MPEG-4 file that requires Quick Time Player to view. Everyone should have Quick Time Player, but if not, get it here.

Slide show of Brandy's pictures from this event.

Hike to the Soddy Creek Segment- Sept. 13

Join us for a multi-chapter Tennessee Trails Association hike to the Soddy Creek Segment of the Cumberland Trail.

We will hike from the Hotwater Rd. trailhead in Soddy Daisy to view the devestation caused by the rock harvesting. The hike will be about 6 miles moderate. Bring water, snacks and a trail lunch. We will eat dinner at the Cookie Jar restaurant after the hike. Wear sturdy shoes and consider long pants to protect from Poison Ivy and hiking poles to help with the loose rock through the section where mining is taking place.

So far we've had people sign up from our Murfreesboro, Clarksville, East Tennessee, Soddy Daisy and Nashville Chapters. For more info contact Millette Jones at 615-397-9588 or millette.jones@comcast.net

Sign up early as there is limited parking space at Hotwater Rd. and we may need to leave some vehicles at the ballfields in Soddy.