Today we awoke to a light dusting of snow, and after a leisurely breakfast, set out to find a good place to take a walk. We intended to explore a natural area rumored to have old growth forest, located in a remote part of the county north of here. However, the little Honda was unable to make it up a hill on a snowy back road on the way there, so we had to carefully back down the narrow road and head for more tame surroundings. We ended up at Bledsoe Creek State Park in Gallatin, TN, and it was surprisingly nice. It was obvious that the park is very crowded in the summer months, but since Tennesseeans rarely set foot outside their homes on a snowy day, we more or less had the place to ourselves. We only had to share it with the deer who greeted our car in the parking lot, the great blue herons hunting by the lake, a half dozen species of ducks, and a one-legged wild turkey. Good company, I say.
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