We had a full "house" or parking lot at Forks of the River wildlife management area today. The 5th hike in our Get out on local Trail series. Thanks to sponsors Legacy Parks, Knox City/County parks and rec, Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Covenant Call Center and Mornings w/ Fox 43. This is about half mile past Ijams at the end of a small road McClure. We all headed out main gravel "jeep road trail" and turned left at the Silo area. Then we hit the sunflower fields and snapped some photos and turned right onto the Will Skelton Greeenway. After a half mile or more we came to the end. There are two trails we took the left one which i call the river trail. After 1/3 mile it comes back to the jeep trail where half went right w/ Ellen Blasius (knox county) and wound back to silo and to parking lot. The rest of us went left and kept going on a rolling trail in the woods close to the water. You can get some great views over the French Broad (or is that the Holston? think FB) and can see Sea Ray boat factory. There are many smaller trails shooting off this one (all lead back to jeep trail), but we kept going as I said we'll come to a big field. Well we did but the field was totally overgrown and we adventurers kept going and didn't step on any snakes etc Ha and finally found evidence of the jeep road trail again. We went back right (you could go left out there and end up close to seiverville pike. But by coming back to the right we were on the main jeep trail which leads back to the silo area and parking lot.
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