Hiking Tennessee: Bearwaller Gap (Second Leg)/Tater Knob

This was the second part of the Bearwaller Gap hike. I hiked the other part of this trail earlier in the year and nearly tromped over a bloated rattlesnake. No such luck this time…had the paths nearly to my lone.

Some great overlooks…


Something about that sharp green; to my color-addled eyes it almost seems to glow stubbornly against the grey day and the rugged paleness of the trees…


Can you see the deer, at middle-left, stretching its neck to peer back at me?


Tolkienesque crags…


Mossy archway…


More moss, crawling up some forgotten wall…


Sentinels. Reminds of me a little of my favorite Michael Whelan painting ...


Great view at the end of the hike…


They’ve got a funky little rest area in Tater Knob, TN…


Beethoven playing in my ears, cool afternoon breeze, misty horizon…there are worse ways to spend an afternoon…