September 3

Monday we started the day by hiking the 2 mile loop around the primitive camping area. It was a nice walk through the woods. There would have been streams running through the area, but there was no water due to the drought.

After our walk, we drove Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway to the hang gliding area. We watched as people ran off the ramp on mountainside and into the air!

The landing area was in an area north of Trenton. There were also people in ultra-light planes pulling gliders up above the mountain take off area, then releasing them to return to the field.

The yellow plane is an ultra-light and the white triangles are the hang gliders on the field.

One hang glider that was released above the mountain flew over our heads. The pilot told us we had time to suit up for our own ride.

While we were in the area, we found the 2 caches that had been hidden there.

When we returned to Cloudland, we walked the West Rim Trail for the last time. The campground was down to 4 occupied campsites. Even though there were few people at the campground, we saw many people on the trail. It was the first time we saw anyone else hiking while we were.

We packed our kayaks and bikes to ready for departure Tuesday morning. We enjoyed our stay at Cloudland Canyon State Park.

Tuesday would be a travel day.