by Leslie Sholly | Feb 16, 2015 | Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
As those of you who have been following me for a while know, my daughter Emily and I have been hiking the South Knoxville Urban Wilderness trails every Saturday for months, and I’ve been reviewing those trails for my readers. I fell behind–not in hiking,...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 22, 2014 | Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
I have walked the trails at Mead’s Quarry once before and I probably won’t again, unless I REALLY feel the need to take someone there. Y’all, that Tharp Trace Trail is JUST THAT HARD. That’s one of the reasons Emily and I waited until October...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 10, 2014 | Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
Bear with me, y’all because there are going to be a LOT of pictures in this post. Emily and I have walked on the Forks of the River trails five times, because there is a lot of territory to cover and also because we didn’t plan very well for the task of...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 24, 2014 | Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
Y’all, I’m getting so excited! Emily and I finished another section of Urban Wilderness Trails last weekend. We look to be on track to get our badges before the end of the year. And really, we will have walked way more than 40 miles, since walking all...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 11, 2014 | Knoxville, Uncategorized, Walking in Knoxville
If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that Emily and I have set a goal of walking all forty miles of the trails in the South Knoxville Urban Wilderness. Then we plan to walk the main trail, twelve miles, all in one day. Rain stopped is from walking...