I just can't resist visiting Old Stone Fort in the fall. The weather was gorgeous, and we had nine hikers in our group. The colors weren't quite as pretty as they have been in other years, but we had a lot of fun exploring around.

Fort Negley History Hike I went on a hike today with Tennessee Trails to Fort Negley in Nashville. Our hike was led by Civil War Historian & author, Mark Zimmerman. Our scheduling worked out great as they were have a living history event complete with Civil War re-enactors. Fort Negley was one of several forts that surrounded Nashville during the Civil War era. Nashville sits in a bowl so there were fortifications on the surrounding hillsides. It looked muc...

Did you see the sky tonight? A big, beautiful, red sun setting over the hills. I came around a corner and there it was. It was only there for about 60 seconds before it dropped behind the horizon. I turned to get on the bypass, hoping that the elevation would be enough to allow me one more glimpse... I felt lucky that I happened to be driving west at that moment, but I was left wanting more. In this Eastertide season, isn't that what we are looking for? Some sig...

The Administrative Staff of FUMC was able to go to the ACS Technologies Ideas to Impact Conference to learn more about our software capabilities & get some training. This year we have two new staff members, so this was a great opportunity for them. It was great to have some time to get to know them better. We also got to eat at some fantastic & unique restaurants. Yum! I have been trying to implement some new modules so this was a great week for me. I am...

Virgin Falls Hike with TTA I have not been good at staying up to date with this blog, so I'm having to go backwards a bit. On November 6, 2010 we did a joint hike with the Sumner & Nashville Chapters of the Tennessee Trails Association and my HFUMC Hiking Group. River Rat Al approached me about possibly merging our group with the Sumner County TTA group. It seems like a great idea...we would both gain hike leaders and share our members & the organizing l...