Hiking the Tanasi Trails – Ocoee Whitewater Center

The site of the whitewater venue during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the Ocoee Whitewater Center offers much more a visit to a former Olympic venue – not that an Olympic venue doesn’t have enough cool factor alone. In addition to the fun of watching novice and skilled paddlers navigate the rapids...

Hiking to Rainbow Falls – Great Smoky Mountains

Nestled in Great Smoky Mountains National Park are many waterfalls – this one a favorite of ours, preceded by a pleasant hike through the smoky mountainside south of Gatlinburg, TN. A 5.2 mile roundtrip hike to the falls from the trailhead is moderately steep and travels through a wide variety of...