Virgin Falls, Sparta, Tennessee

Sparta Tennessee is a little town in the middle of Crossville and Cookeville. It has a gas station, a library and a car dealership. As you drive down Route 127 you will see mobile homes that need some welding done as well as sturdy brick tri levels. This area doesn't appear exceptionally beautiful from the road but when you take a right or a left depending on what you want to see there are beautiful cascading waterfalls and vistas that will knock your sandals off. This is Virgin Falls. It's approximately a 5 mile drive off of 127 and a 5 mile hike in and totally worth it.

Virgin Falls TN

This waterfall is a beauty. It takes 4 hours just to get to her. Her beginning is a cave opening and her end is another cave. The water seems to come out just to get touched by light and then disappears back to solitude. It is a must see. To see more pictures of Virgin Falls you can go to Hovlandphotography.com under places TN.

A Spring Snow in the Smokies

This April morning was rainy at our little motel in Gatlinburg, TN. It was raining so hard that we almost made plans to be indoors all day. We stopped for breakfast at our favorite sweet potato pancake house and decided to take a drive to an area that we had not been to before. As we were gaining altitude the rain turned to snow by the time we got to the trail marker we were surrounded by these lovely thick, wet flakes. Our entire hike was like being in a magical snowglobe.