Leader:
Ron
Nunley
Difficulty: Moderate, 8 miles
Post Trip Report:
Randy Morris of the
Cherokee Hiking Club would call this hike on the Piney
River Trail an “Edmond
Gray hike”, because it was Ron leading nine women, such is the case or usually
what happens to Edmond. Of the nine women, five were guests. The day was really
pretty and many wild flowers were observed. We started at Duskin Creek Bridge
cutting off about a mile and a half of the length of trail hiked. We had lunch
at Rockhouse Branch Bridge. We stopped for a while to enjoy the river by the
suspension bridge. After we crossed the bridge we observed a large black snake
trying to get out of the water under the bridge. It was able to lodge itself on
the rocked abutment. The water was high on the river due to lots of
rain this
spring. Most of the hike was pretty uneventful until we came to cross the
waterfall after the Piney River Bridge. Ron slipped on slime and fell into the
water, a pretty scary event as it could have been much worse. We ended up taking
a different route below to avoid slippery rocks. When
we reached the picnic area some of us waded in the cool river while others
shuttled to their vehicles. Later some of
us had dinner at the American Grill in Spring City. Hikers were Esther Nunley, Sunni Campbell,
Carol Guhne, Jane Bohanon, and guests, Carolyn Perry, Feye Nunez, Ruth Jordan,
Sue Wood, and Winnie Okumura. Hike leader was Ron Nunley.
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