{"id":123,"date":"2019-11-04T12:57:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2019-11-04T12:57:38","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:57:38","slug":"shakleford-ridge-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Shakleford Ridge Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shakleford Ridge Park is a park located in Signal Mountain. We hiked here last weekend. This was actually our second attempt to go here. Our first time wasn&#8217;t meant to be because there was a running race happening at the time, so the trails were closed down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am glad that we waited to go though, because there was a lot of color in the woods. We walked through a lot of beautiful scenes. Fall foliage always puts me in a good mood, after not experiencing it in Houston for three years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a woodsy park, with a couple of different trails. The main trail is the blue loop, which is a 2.7 mile round trip. It&#8217;s not too difficult of a trail, but there are some steep uphill parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some streams that run through the park, so there are quite a few bridge crossings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We admittedly did not finish the whole 2.7 miles, but we did get close; we did over 2 miles. We came across the edge of the parking lot and we were both tired and hungry at that point, so we just cut across to our car. If we do this again I might consider packing a lunch and resting half way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974176796\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974176796_a8b140fe6f_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping3\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The first bridge at the start of the blue loop was a swinging bridge.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48973626803\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48973626803_bf9d589ea7_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping6\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974353522\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974353522_43b5463d46_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping21\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The only covered bridge on the trail. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48973626463\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48973626463_05ab7b66eb_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping7\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>More bridges!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974170336\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974170336_c6536c2599_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping24\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974169721\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974169721_4007b27590_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping26\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>This is my favorite picture I took during the hike. A path to a photographer&#8217;s paradise! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974169256\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974169256_5ec3b58994_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping27\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974350582\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974350582_60aa54ef31_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping30\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974348192\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974348192_95fb272f1f_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping36\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/48974347657\/in\/album-72157711536420913\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48974347657_1cbe26997d_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shakleford Ridge Park and leef peeping37\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>The Prayer of the Woods &#8211; a sign with a nice poem that someone left behind. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakleford Ridge Park is a park located in Signal Mountain. We hiked here last weekend. This was actually our second attempt to go here. Our first time wasn&#8217;t meant to be because there was a running race happening at the time, so the trails were closed down. I am glad that we waited to go &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=123\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shakleford Ridge Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[5,87],"tags":[128,108,126,94,127],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}