I am always amazed by the beauty of my home state of Tennessee. Not the part of Tennessee that I grew up in, which is just a big city in west Tennessee with really no natural beauty to speak of. But middle Tennessee and east Tennessee are breathtaking. Middle Tennessee with it's huge hills with houses perched on the hillsides. And east Tennessee with it's mountains and waterfalls and woods. I always seem to forget and am pleasantly surprised when I go back to these places. This weekend was no exception. We took an impromptu trip to Fall Creek Falls National Park. My family had the trip planned for a long time. We decided at the last minute to tag along. We got to the campground right outside the park early in the afternoon Friday and went on a hike at the falls. I was very proud of myself doing a 2 mile hike being pregnant, and it was all up hill the entire way back. It was beautiful down at the falls and worth the effort. Back at camp, we had dinner and sat around the campfire. There were about 50 of us. All of my huge family and tons of friends. A man came out of the woods and threatened everyone to come into the woods. I won't go into details but it made us all nervous enough that we packed up and left the campground which was very primative and secluded. We all got back together the next day at my aunt and uncles house, all 50 of us, and spent the day talking and playing cards and cooking. It was so nice just relaxing and being with everyone. I was sad as I saw the last mountain in my rear view mirror. But I know that I will be pleasantly surprised when I visit again and see the beauty of this place once more.
