This past weekend we traveled down to Georgia for a nice relaxing weekend with our parents. The weather in Georgia was much warmer than what it's been in Tennessee. On Sunday we must have brought the warm weather back with us because it was 63 and sunny outside. Bryan, Dad, and I loaded up in the Jeep and headed to Virginia to hike up to the Mendota Fire Tower. The Mendota Fire Tower sits atop of Clinch Mountain and has great views overlooking acres of farmland and the Holston River. After a 15 minute drive straight up the mountain we finally reached a place to park and began the hike to the top. It was a "straight up" hike and we also had to climb up a couple of rocks in order to continue on the trail path. I most definitely recommend hiking boots on this trail due to the rocks and moist ground, there are a lot of spots that are easy to slip on. After the drive and hike up it's hard to believe people use to sit atop of the fire tower many years ago and watch the mountains for a spread of smoke. How these people managed to be on the lookout for fires and get down the mountain to report them is beyond what I can imagine. We were a bit disappointed when we reached the top and saw that the steps leading up to the tower was disabled. It makes sense as to why they did this to ensure that people wouldn't climb to the top of an old, unregulated fire tower. Other than the disappointment of not being able to reach the top of the tower, we enjoyed our hike and the views from the top. Driving up and seeing the tower sit atop of the mountain Hiking up the trail Rock sitting on the top of the trial Go Vols from the top of a Virginia Trail Fire tower we were hoping to climb up
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