Six Striders hiked up to our section of the A.T. today to maintain the trail - pick up trash and clean water bars. Theresa, Rhonda, Tabitha, Gina, Melissa and I had perfect weather and much fun volunteering their labor for the good of the hiking community. Thanks everyone!
Corinne will lead a hike to the Laurel-Snow Pocket Wilderness on Sunday November 15th. If interested contact her for more information! (crovett@aol.com)
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evening, 6 pm, December 6th, at Trena's house.
Let's make it a "Winter Holiday" theme - post Thanksgiving & pre
Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa time to celebrate together. Just bring a
dish to share. I'll make something hearty and celebratory in my newly
beloved crockpot.
I'll do an evite or Facebook event page when we get closer to the date.
Striders,
After long musing on offering regular Strider-Lite Hikes for those of us without the time or fitness level to devote full days and/or risk bodily harm to the cause, I’m finally getting in gear to offer the first Strider-Lite hike on Saturday November 21 at Norris State Park. We will hike the River Bluffs Trail PDF map attached.
http://www.tnbirds.org/birdfinding/NorrisArea.htm#riverbluff
I live just off of 275 N. on the way to Norris and suggest meeting at my house for anyone who wants to carpool. Let's meet at 9 AM. It’s 20 minutes to the Norris exit from my house, and looks like maybe another 10 – 15 from there to the trail head.
So far I’ve got Margaret Sallee, Susan Hawthorne, Melissa Squirlock and Harriet Bowden as interested. Please e-mail me if you’re thinking of coming, and I’ll send directions to my place. I’ll send a reminder a few days before to all, and call the weather on Friday November 20 so check your e-mail.
Looking forward to meeting new Striders and stretching my legs,
Miriam Davis (miriams@utk.edu)
What a glorious autumn week we are having! Hope that some of you are
playing hooky to get outside...
- We got rained out on Saturday for the trail maintenance, but Theresa
and I are heading up this Sunday just to clear out the waterbars. This
involves hiking about 1.5 mile (along the A.T. from Newfound Gap) with
a tool in hand, and raking out the leaves out of the drainage ditches
on the way back to the car. This helps keep the water moving off of
the trail. We'll meet at Sugarlands at 9 a.m. - would be great to have
others join in (this is one of the easier trail maintenance
experiences. I'm thinking we should be done by 1 pm at the latest
(depending on how many people we can get out to help.)
- It's looking like I'll be out of town on November 14 - so if anyone
wants to lead a hike that day just let me know. We may have an
inaugural "Strider Lite" hike in the works for November 21 - a 3 mile
hike near Norris Lake. Details coming soon...
- How about reinstating the Supper Club this winter? Perhaps a
pre-holiday (or in between holiday) Sunday night dinner to celebrate
the holiday season together...hmm....
See you on the trails!
]]>I'll be out of town, and no one else has volunteered to lead a hike. So, see you in November!
]]>Photos of the wonderful Big South Fork weekend are now up.
A baker's dozen of hikers went up to Charlie's Bunion today...including four new Striders - Diane, Alicia, Rhonda and Devon. The Jumpoff was fogged in, but the skies cleared by the time we made it to the Bunion.
We have a good group gearing up for tomorrow's hike to Charlie's Bunion - Deb, Ellen, Mary Pom, Renee, Devon, Catherine & her mom, Theresa & her friend, Dre & Dee..
We'll carpool from my house at 9 a.m. and meet Theresa, Dre et al. at 10:45 at the trailhead at Newfound Gap.
We're going to drive through the park in order to avoid the car show traffic in Pigeon Forge...wish us luck!
Second Saturday hike - Charlie's Bunion - September 12th - meet at Trena's at 9 a.m.
October 2-4 Babes & Brutes multisport weekend - Big South Fork - mountain biking, hiking, and car camping. We have reserved two adjacent campsites so holler if you want a spot.
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