On Saturday August 17, 2013, seven hikers met at the new Cummins Falls State Park parking lot (complete with new restroom) and took in the beautiful sights of the Cummins Falls.  We walked to the overlook first to catch a glimpse of what was to come and then walked the next 1/2 mile downhill to the creek.  The rest of the 1/2 mile walk upstream was a challenging rock hop and wade up to the plunge pool of the falls where some of us took a cooling (freezing) dip.  We ate our lunch here and relaxed, watching the swimmers, jumpers and climbers on the falls.  It was a beautiful, cool August day for hiking and swimming, and a short pleasant drive from Nashville.  This park is a hop, skip and a jump, ( literally) and easily accessible to all.