Cracks

The road beside the lake is still damaged from the floods of 2010. Since it's pedestrian-only, I guess there isn't much incentive to fix it. There are some areas where the road completely collapsed into the lake, and they've put fences around to stop people falling. At one of the biggest spots, so much of the road fell away that they just turned the far edge into a footpath. Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee. Taken 7.21.15.

Watching

A Great Blue Heron! Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee. Taken 7.21.15.

Algae

One of the ponds is really covered with algae- it makes the turtles blend in even better! Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee. Taken 7.21.15.

Box

Box Turtles are really common, but I always like seeing them. Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

And again...

The odd turkey again. Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

Standard

Some turkeys with the more standard colouration. There were 3 adults, and somewhere around 10 babies. They were absolutely unbothered by us standing there- we didn't even get a suspicious look! Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

Weird

It's not often you end up smack in the middle of a flock of turkeys. Seriously, some of them were less than 2 meters away! Also, this one has strange colouration. I may have taken a few photos... Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

Ducklings

Their wings are so stubby! Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

What are you doing, Mom?

Ducklings are the cutest. Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

Sunlight

Radnor Lake is really pretty. Taken 7.21.15.

Tuuurrttlleeeee

There are many, many turtles here. Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

Lake

Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.21.15.

Fishing

A Green Heron! Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee. Taken 7.21.15.

All I wish...

.... is to catch a fish! I think it's a Northern Water Snake. Radnor Lake, Nashville, Tennessee. Taken 7.21.15.

Eyes

The rat snake again. Nashville, TN. Taken 7.18.15.

Heeeeyyyy

A grey rat snake supervising proceedings on the new deck. Nashville, TN. Taken 7.18.15.

Rusty

An old tractor at the Threshing Show in Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Baling

The straw left over from threshing the wheat was immediately passed on to a machine that forced it into bales. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Threshing

The whole tableau of mules, wheat, steam engine and thresher. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Wheat

Forking the wheat into the thresher. On the right, you can see part of the massive belt connecting the steam engine to the thresher. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Thresher

The thresher! A belt attached to the steam engine turned all the wheels on the side, which in turn move the components that accomplish the threshing. Wheat grains go into the bin, while the stems (straw) are dropped out of the chute on the right. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Noisy

There were whistles and clanks coming from all the machines, so the mules had a lot to look at. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Mules

They were using mules to bring wagonloads of wheat to be threshed. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Threshing

This engine was set up to demonstrate how steam-powered threshing of wheat is done. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Saw

This one was powering a saw mill! Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Engine

Another steam engine. Besides being able to move themselves, many of these have an additional wheel on one side that can be used to power another machine such as a thresher. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Mini!

A miniature engine! It was only about 4 feet tall. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Steam Engine

The real reason I was there! Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Mystery

There were a bunch of old machines everywhere, and nothing was labeled. Therefore, we had an interesting time trying to deduce the purpose of them. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Flashy

Somewhat flashier antiques than the John Deeres across the field. Threshers Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Antiques

They had a bunch of antique tractors running around. Threshing Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Helpful

A helpfully labeled boiler for a steam engine. Thresher Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Pump

A massive steam-driven wheel that seemed to be operating some sort of pump. We never did work out precisely what it was doing. Threshing Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Engine

There were a bunch of stationary steam engines, that basically just spin a wheel around. You can hook a belt around them that then turns wheels on a machine (like a thresher). TN-KY Threshermen Association Threshing Show, Adams, TN. Taken 7.17.15.

Twin

There are actually a pair of these massive arches in a row- they're called the twin arches, fittingly enough. Arches like these are formed from sandstone that is left behind when less durable rock is eroded away. Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Backwards

The same arch from a different view. Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Arch

Some of the arches in the park are massive- there are a couple hikers underneath it that you can see. Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Sky!

We ate lunch on top of one of the rock arches, so we were actually above most of the trees. Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Red

Some flowers growing in Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Lopsided

This tree did some weird things to grow under the rock. Big South Fork, Tennessee. Taken 7.16.15.

Rocks rock!

There were some spectacular rock formations and cliffs in the forest. Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Turtle Friend

A box turtle we encountered on the trail. My friend also saw a Black Bear a little farther along, but we weren't able to get a good photo of it. Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Needle Arch

Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Slave Falls

Legend has it that escaped slaves used to shelter under the cliffs in this area. Big South Fork, TN. Taken 7.16.15.

Falling Water

It wants so badly to be a waterfall. It tried so hard. Big South Fork, Tennessee. Taken 7.16.15.

Ferns

Ferns in Big South Fork, Tennessee. Taken 7.16.15.

Monarch

A monarch butterfly! Edwin Warner Park, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.11.15.

Creek

Edwin Warner Park, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.11.15.

Tasty tree

There were several butterflies fluttering around this tree. Edwin Warner Park, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.11.15.

Susans

Black-eyed Susans. Edwin Warner Park, Nashville, TN. Taken 7.11.15.