Looking for real snow

Dad in the snow
Originally uploaded by TheTurducken

The Valley in winter is often foggy and cloudy, but it's been particularly so this year. There hadn't been a partially sunny day until today. We took advantage of this brief sunshine to drive up to Mt. Ashland to check out the snow and the views.

Bear Creek Greenway

Bridge
Originally uploaded by TheTurducken

We went for a walk today on the Bear Creek Greenway, which runs from Central Point to Ashland along Bear Creek. It's not entirely complete yet (I think - the website isn't entirely clear, and we didn't do the whole thing). Here you can see a road that runs over the creek and greenway.

Snow in Medford

Birdhouse
Happy Boxing Day!

Christmastime

It's been quiet here on the blog, but I've just been doing Christmas stuff with the family. Most of you are probably too busy with the holidays to read this anyway, right?

Merry Christmas!

All done!

Double world

One more semester is finished! I turned in my sociology paper and went to class this morning, and then I was free. After sitting on my butt for two days to finish that paper, I decided to celebrate by taking a hike. There aren't a lot of hikes close to town that I haven't done, but I hadn't been to the Narrows of Harpeth. It's almost at the limits of too far to drive for the length of the hike, which is just under 2 miles, but it turned out to be much prettier than many of the local hikes. If you hike much at all around Nashville, you've done Percy Priest, Warner Parks and Radnor Lakes a million times, and while they're pretty there's nothing particular outstanding about them. The Narrows hike starts off following the Harpeth River and then has three forks. One leads to a canoe spot (in the photo), one leads up to a bluff with a good view of the river, and the third leads to a man-made waterfall. The entire thing was surprisingly scenic.

Tomorrow I'm going to run errands, but today is all about recovery from school.