When your morning starts with a rainbow, chances are you are going to have a pretty good day!  Yesterday, that rule held true.  We ventured a little over an hour down the road to South Cumberland State Park, one of the newer parks in Tennessee’s state park system, which is spread over 4 different counties.  Starting the day in the Foster Falls area, the park was having a half marathon/marathon along the Fiery Gizzard Trail.  We took the very short hike to Foster Falls 

where Pearl tackles another suspension bridge like a champ.

Next, we drove over to the Stone Door Campground area and hit the trail for a 6 miler, taking in the views from the ridge above.

The Stone Door is a natural aperture through the mountain, hence its name.

After a bite of lunch, we headed back out to the Greeter (not Greater, but Greeter) Falls area for a short hike filled with waterfalls.  Greeter Falls, itself, has an upper and lower falls.  It’s named after the family that settled the area and their old homesite is also on the trail.  Also, you can get a look at the Boardtree Falls.  All of this in a short .8 mile hike.

Finally, we drove over to the Savage Gulf Campground.  Too late to start out on the trail, we took in the local wildlife before heading back to camp.

Jennifer named him “Ralph”.