After enduring a couple of rainy, humid months, we got back out on the trail today in Surgoinsville, Tennessee. We picked a flat, easy trail due to the weather still being warm. Phipps Bend trail is located at the abandoned Phipps Bend nuclear site. We had a bit of difficulty finding the trailhead, but finally spotted a bunch of horse trailers, which clued us in that we had the right spot.
This trail is not the typical trail we hike, but offered a variety of plant life we hadn't seen often, or at all before. This trail went along a strip of land between the Holston River and a wetlands area. One drawback was the lack of shade, but everyone made the 4.6 mile hike just fine.
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| Easy Walking |
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| Beautiful view of wetlands area |
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| Friendly rider let the kids pet her horse |
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| Swamp rose |
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