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August
18th - Shannon and I were on our way to
Memphis so we stopped off in the small town of Ozone
Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau to check out the majestic Ozone Falls.
This
site is very accessible to I-40 and only a few
minutes drive out of the way, so I would recommend
it to anyone traveling through the Plateau.
It's also a very short hike (less than .5 mile), and
it is absolutely worth it. Ozone Falls is a
sheer vertical waterfall plunging over 110 feet, and
it is viewable from above and from the pool with an
amphitheatre-type rock setting behind the falls.
With all the dry weather this summer the water flow
was very low, but it was impressive
nevertheless. Some photos I've seen show the
pool (where Shannon is standing in the 6th photo
below) completely full of water, but it was only a
small pool on the day of our visit. Ozone
Falls was also the site of some scenes for the movie
"The Jungle Book" because of its splendor and
beauty. One disappointment was the trash and
graffiti in this area... It amazes me that so
many people have so little respect for wonderful
places such as this.
I've
also added a few photos of Shannon in Memphis at the
bottom of this page. Even though it isn't
exactly hiking related, we sure did a lot of walking
in downtown Memphis!
(Click
all images for larger photos)
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