We had no idea when we stopped at Tennessee’s Old Stone Fort State Park that we would find ourselves involved in an effort to help preserve an historic bridge at the park. We met some dedicated folks who were organizing a public event to protest the parks plans to tear down the historic bridge and replace it with an $8.5 million concrete bridge. Naturally Ray filmed them and I helped them with creating a Facebook event and printed invitations. A side benefit was that we met some really cool people and they took us on some hikes into waterfall trails that only the locals knew about.

We awoke the second day at the park with a waterfront view – our site had flooded a bit with all the rain. But we did change our site and stay an extra day so we could attend the public meeting. It got a bit heated, but it turned out the department of environmental quality really didn’t have any ability to change the plans, in spite of overwhelming public opposition.

We wish them well with their continued fight to save this important community landmark!