Holston Dam

Our tour guide at Bristol Caverns (sorry these are out of order, Bristol Caverns coming soon) told us of a neat place to go only a few minutes away. Holston Dam turned out to be a very nice place to spend some time which would have never found if not for the thoughtful tip. It was such a nice day to be out and about, there were a lot of people fishing in the river, a bunch of them were actually out in the water fly fishing which made us all think of Grandpa Von. Chance asks if he can go fishing every time we see a fishing pole in a store or a person fishing and every time we tell him that he can go fishing with Grandpa Von this summer.
First we watched the fishermen from a bridge which went over to a little island.

The island had trails that lead around the edge near the water. Everything is so green and bright, the locals say this whole place was covered in snow just a few weeks ago, now that it is finally Spring everything is in full bloom. Flowers are everywhere along the sides of the path.

As we reached the opposite side of the island (from the bridge) we cam upon another dam with a lookout area where Scott and Chance went out to watch the water and give me a wave.

After some time spent throwing rocks in the water Chance decided to go native and become a wild mountain boy. He asked us to take his shirt off we told him he would have to carry it if we took it off and when he agreed we took it off and stuffed it in his back pocket.

A minute after that he grabbed a stick and had a wonderful time dragging it along the ground as we walked.
As we made our way back to the bridge that would take us off the island and back to the car there was another lookout. On Dinosaur Train which is one of Chance's favorite shows on PBS they always say "get out in nature and make your own discoveries." We all have a good time out in nature implementing this advice and today was no different. This is a great little place to explore and make our own discoveries.