Fun at Fall Creek Falls

Our first week at Fall Creek Falls started with typical Tennessee summer weather:  very hot and very humid.  Chuck helped Donald and Anna work on their hot water heater Monday and Tuesday.  After much trial and error and research on the internet, they determined that it was a bad check valve that popped out when they removed one of the bottom connection to the hot water heater.  They re-connected the pipe and Voila, hot water, which made Donald and Anna very happy campers!  :)

On Wednesday, Donald and Anna rode with us out to see Fall Creek Falls.

Unfortunately, the falls are controlled by a dam and for some reason they were really holding back the water.  Fall Creek Falls looked more like Fall Creek Dribble.

Chuck and I rode our bikes almost every morning the first week usually between 10 and 11 miles.  The traffic during the week was minimal so we would just ride on the road out to the golf course and back and out to the entrance of the park.  There was a bench close to the entrance and we would usually park our bikes there, drink some water, and rest a few minutes before heading back to our campsite.

As the week progressed, more of our Fall Creek Falls family continued to arrive.  The weather was hot that first week but good for playing corn hole.  Chuck and Anna partnered up right away...

...and no one was able to beat them the entire two weeks!

Sunday mornings are one of our favorite things at Fall Creek Falls.  There is something very special about hearing the sound of your brothers and sisters in Christ singing together and being able to worship together in the midst of our Father's beautiful creation.

Skipper gave us a heartfelt and inspiring message.  Thank you, Skipper!

After lunch, about 8 of the group went on the Cable Trail and Rock Hop hike.  Donald, Anna, Wanda, Ryan, Chuck and I went to the Rec Hall to play some ping pong and then got on our bikes and rode out to the inn on the bike trail and then along the road to the falls.  We got to the falls right when the Rock Hoppers had finished their hike.

The Rock Hoppers were picked up by Renee and rode in the back of their truck back to the campsites while we rode our bikes along the Fall Creek Falls bike trail and then back to the campsites.

On Tuesday, Chuck got to go on a scooter ride with Brent on one of his scooters.  :)

There are a lot of deer at Fall Creek Falls and they are not very skiddish like most deer.  There is no hunting allowed in the park and there are no natural predators so they don't have much to be afraid of.
This particular deer was a frequent visitor to Donald and Anna's campsite.

Maybe because Anna would feed her carrots??  :)

Of course, we were frequent visitors too.  We got spoiled to all the nightly treats like brownies, s'mores, homemade ice cream, Darlene's peach cobbler, and Renee's apple dumplins.

I REALLY like Renee's apple dumplins!  :)

There was a lot of card-playing going on too both at Donald and Anna's and at Kip and Sheila's sites.  Spades, Nerts, Golf, and 7-Up were the favorite games.

Of course, with all this hard work, it's really nice to just kick back and relax some too.  :)

And Donald knew just the place to really relax!  :)