Kayak to Burgess Falls, Happy Trails Brewing and Trail Grub Restaurant

Too hot to hike Summer series!

Book your Kayak now or swim! Limited number of Kayaks You'll need to be a really good swimmer though. It's far.

Amber just led a great hike to these falls and it reminded me of a kayak trip I did there last year.

Let's do it again. I am recycling this.

Time Zones: The time to meet at Wal-Mart to Carpool is Eastern Time. If you're in Chattanooga and it is 11:30 Zulu time (that means local time, Chattanooga it just sounds cool to say it that way though) You should be at the Walmart. The Reservation is however Central Time. We will need to be at the outfitter at 12:30 Central Time. Not using any Zulus here. So the time to meet at Walmart is Eastern Time. The time to be at the outfitter is in the Central time zone.

To review
Carpooling? Be at Walmart at 11:30 EASTERN TIME
Meeting us there? At the beach 12:30 CENTRAL TIME (we should be to the beach no later than 1:00 CENTRAL TIME after we check in)

The word kayak comes from an Inuit word meaning “man-boat” or “hunting boat.” The Inuits, you might know as “Eskimos,” lived around Greenland and used kayaks made from animal skins stretched over wooden or whale-bone frames for transportation, hunting, and fishing. It even sounds manly. Whale bones, animal skins, the smell of Old spice cologne... Okay maybe not the latter part so much.

So we can row our Man boats to see the falls. Todays Kayaks are made of roto-molded polyethylene resins. Not sure what that is, but it doesn't sound as cute as a deer or as majestic as a whale. So no cute or majestic animals will be harmed on this trip. Not so manly sounding either so let's just say Kayak instead of man boat. .

Anyways...

Look at the pictures. It is a beautiful place. You will get to view the Falls from the base of the falls.by kayaking to them.

Burgess Falls State Park

Make your reservations here. Choose May 19th. at 1:00 pm CENTRAL TIME. Please book your kayak before you sign up for the event. They have 11 kayaks. You can bring your own and park at the put in point. Don't even have to pay a shuttle.

Cumberland Kayak and Adventure Company

After the paddle we eat! Just down the road is Happy Trails Brewing. They serve this delicious liquid called beer. Beer for dinner? No of course not. Beer is for breakfast. Well actually that was only that one time in college. The beer will be with a meal inside the Brewery at Trailhead Grub.

I can't find a menu, but here is their facebook site.
Trailhead Grub.

Here is the Brewery
Happy Trails Brewery

The plan is to meet at the Walmart on Signal Mountain Road and carpool. Riding together is always better.

Those who do not want to carpool be at the Kayak place around 12:30 pm CENTRAL TIME