Next Spot - Saturday - May 23, 2009 - 8:00 a.m.

Birdsong Hollow - Natchez Trace Parkway

(In case of BAD rain - Downtown Leiper's Fork)

Suggested Painting:

Paint Bridge from 8:00 to 10:00

Paint in Leiper's Fork from 10:30 to 12:30

Lunch in Leiper's Fork - 12:30 -

Birdsong Hollow and Highway 96 Double-Arched Bridge is located on the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 438.

Completed in 1994, the double-arched bridge that spans Birdsong Hollow received the Presidential Award for Design Excellence in 1995 for its innovative design that rises 155 feet above the valley. The bridge carries Trace travelers 1,648 feet across the valley and Tennessee Highway 96.

The bridge can be viewed from two locations. 1) Just north of the bridge there is a parking area with a view of the bridge and the valley below. 2) Just south of the bridge is an exit ramp that takes you down to Tennessee Highway 96. At the bottom of the hill there is a parking area with a view looking up at the entire length of the bridge. (This is where we will be - South of the bridge - unless the rain/T-storm is really bad and we're in Leiper's Fork!)

Directions:

From Nashville you can take Highway 100 to The Nachez Trace, then #2 above.

From Franklin - take Hwy 96 West to the Bridge

http://natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-tennessee.html

this is a great site - we can paint our way South at several of these locations

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Last Week - Saturday, May 16, 2009

Seven Points Picnic Area - J. Percy Priest Lake

Bill Maddox, painting at 7 Pts. in between T-Storms.
(The sun was actually out.)

Bitsy King, also painting.

(Cal Shiver showed up to take the pics.)

Hope to see you Saturday!

Happy Painting!

Call if you're lost or can't find us - 513-0511
Bitsy King