Two sunny days, now a rainy drizzly day with a promise of snow by sundown. Harry wisely chose to winterize the trailer before we left the Trace State Park, knowing we would be in some cold ( not just cool) weather by evening. Not as many stops today because it was gray, "cool" and off and on raining. There were 2 minor detours due to bridges being rebuilt so we stopped for lunch in a small lumber town, Collingwood Tennessee. At Fall Hollow we stopped to stretch our legs and walked to view the several waterfalls in the area. Towards the very north end of the Trace at Birdsong Hollow is a double arched bridge that was completed in 1994 and won the Presidential Award for Design Excellence in 1995. The bridge rises 155 feet about the valley below. That "valley below" is where the old trace used to end and is where we "ended" our last trip on the trace on the motorcycle! On our adventure today we were also fortunate to see two coyotes, several deer and a very big flock of turkeys! The day was complete!
The only problem for the day was the evening's weather forecast - SNOW! After leaving the peace and quiet of the Trace, we fought our way thru the Friday- 5 o'clock- going home- 6 lanes of bumper to bumper traffic thru Nashville! We needed to be parked before the storm hit! We are parked at Nashville Country RV Park, just north of Nashville. It is 8pm and the ground is white. The temp is 30 degrees. IF we get the projected 3 to 5 inches and the roads are bad, we may be here another day. But all is not lost - Harry has cable TV and wifi!
