8th Annual Trail Run!!! I’ve shared so many of my adventures at Fyrne Lake within the pages of this magazine. You’ve fought alongside me as I’ve battled Kudzu and erosion, encouraged me as I’ve enhanced the habitat for land and aquatic creatures, and laughed with me as I’ve learned the hard way that the skills I acquired in the city don’t always apply out here. I love this country life! This place has truly become our family farm and I hope to keep it in the family (only 86 more years and we’ll qualify as a Century Farm). I count every day I spend at this place as a blessing to be embraced and shared. I’ve shared many of these blessings with you in my stories. Often, I like to share the farm in a different way, by opening it up to the community for a good cause. Mission Blitz is one of those causes. It’s a day of ministry in our community where over 25 churches from multiple denominations come together to be His hands and feet through building wheelchair ramps for the disabled, cleaning and repairing the homes of the needy, reaching out to the sick and lonely, and performing countless other service projects for individuals and non-profits. To support Mission Blitz ( www.missionblitz.org ) we host the Fyrne Lake trail run, nature walk and kid’s obstacle course. It’s a chance to enjoy the natural beauty of God’s creation at Fyrne Lake and help provide the funds for this cause through your event participation fee. Interested in checking out the farm and helping us support Mission Blitz? Your opportunity will soon be here. This event takes place on Saturday, November 10th, 2018 and has something for everyone!  Your kids and/or grandkids will love the challenge of the kid’s obstacle course. It winds its way along the terraces above Fyrne Lake’s pavilion and over what every child loves… INFLATABLES! If you’re too old to qualify (only 11 or under are allowed to participate), you’re sure to enjoy the nature walk. It starts at the top of the terraces and takes you along beautiful tree lines fields, down a forested ridge, through bottomland woods and all the way back to where you started. Interested in running? The same nature trail will be run as a 5K. If you’re up to a greater challenge, you’ll love the adventure of the 10K trail run! This course starts below the pavilion on the dam of Fyrne Lake and takes you by many of my favorite places on the farm. It stretches north through the woods, along farm fields and to the very edge of the Chickasaw bluff, the sight of an amazing lookout which sits 250 feet above the floodplain of the Mississippi. There you’ll catch your breath and enjoy my favorite view on the farm! Miles of farmland can be seen as the flood plain stretches out below and the very bluff that we’re on is visible winding its way north past Bogota, toward Ridgely and eventually Reelfoot Lake. On a clear day the horizon even reveals the state of Kentucky! Once you’re ready to move on, you’ll start your descent, traveling more than two hundred feet down the side of the bluff and pass by a rare gem for this part of Tennessee, a spring fed waterfall! Before discovering it, I had never heard of a waterfall in west Tennessee! In fact, I checked on the internet and I could not find a single reference to a waterfall existing in Tennessee this side of the Tennessee River! There may be others, but even if there are, what makes this waterfall especially unique is its water source. Exploring the woods above the falls, I discovered over 20 oozing springs supplying water so saturated with minerals that a stone coating is left on everything it touches! The waterfall itself cascades over rock that it placed there and continues to so quickly that tree leaves falling into its flow become encased in stone before they have a chance to rot! (Can you tell I’m taken by these falls! I better get back to describing the course!)  After passing the falls the real challenge begins… the ascent up the bluff! A scenic farm road we created from an old 4-wheeler trail leads you up wooded slopes, beside small ridge fields and through dramatic dips that emphasize what goes down, must come up… assuming you want to make it to the finish line! Eventually, you’ll be rewarded as you emerge in our orchard and follow a mostly level return path that holds one last gift, a panoramic view of Fyrne Lake itself as you approach the finish line! Would you like to participate? Registration is now open for the challenge of the 10K and 5K trail runs, the beauty of the 5K nature walk and the fun of the kid’s obstacle course at www.fyrnelake.com . Our presenting sponsor, Hilliard Lyons, and numerous supporting sponsors from the community (see www.missionblitz.org for a list) join us in inviting you to this family event to support Mission Blitz. In addition to all the excitement of the activities, you can sit back and enjoy free food, great live music and share the natural beauty of our very own, Fyrne Lake Farms. The farm is located 10 minutes northwest of Dyersburg, TN on Highway 182 (6875 Lenox-Nauvoo Road). The timed 10K run will award first, second, and third place metals for male & female runners in multiple age brackets. The non-timed 5K run will provide participation metal to each finisher and the kid’s obstacle course participants will receive a souvenir wrist band allowing them to repeat the course as often as time allows. Want to find out more? You can visit www.fyrnelake.com, email [email protected] or call 731-676-5556. Also, ALL area churches are invited to be a part of Mission Blitz. So, if your church isn’t already participating, forward their contact info to me at [email protected] and I’ll formally invite them to join us in being the hands and feet of Christ in Northwest Tennessee!
 This close-up of our waterfall’s stone shows how its mineral water quickly encases fallen leaves (see inside circle) before they have a change to rot! Comments are closed.
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