Sunday morning Deb, her Mom and I headed out to a new trail in Greeneville...the Takoma Creation Health Nature Trail. This isn't the first walking/hiking trail built by a hospital, Deb and I have been walking the paved one-mile around Laughlin Hospital for years.
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| The Laughlin Memorial Hospital... |
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| ...Wellness Trail. |
What makes this one different is that it is a 1.2-mile loop that is a hiking trail. it is a dirt path with some good uphill spots. There is also a number of benches with signs and some ways to improve your life. kind of like a "life coach." It reminds me a little of the Laurel Run Trail at Buford Park. Besides the wide trail, the Andrew Johnson Overlook is grown up like a number of the ones on the trail near Buford Dam. I learned about the Takoma Nature Trail last weekend when Deb's family read a story about it in the Greeneville Sun. So, we headed over to the trailhead at Veterans Memorial Park (the other is above Takoma Hospital) to give it a try and I was impressed.
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| One of the trailhead is at Veterans Memorial Park... |
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| ...Tacoma Creation Health Nature Trail. |
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| Nature Trail map. |
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| Some of the Nature Trail. |
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| Deb & her Mom, Mary,enjoy one of the benches... |
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| ...before getting back at it. |
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| One of the "life coach" signs. |
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| The grown up Andrew Johnson Overlook... |
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| ...but through the trees the cemetery can be seen. |
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| More of the trail... |
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| ...& wildflowers like Oxeye Daisy. |
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| Start of the Tacoma Hospital trailhead. |
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| There was some nice uphill. |
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| It is a nice trail. |
If you are looking for a more hiking like experience then this trail is better than the one at Laughlin Hospital. Oh, there were also some nice wildflowers. Anyway, if you want a slice of the outdoors then the Nature Trail maybe for you. The grand opening for the park is this Sunday.
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