Southeastern Outings
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October and November Activities
OCTOBER 10, THURSDAY, please meet 10:00 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Leisurely Weekday Hike
Where: Lakeshore Trail, Western Extension
Details: Please come with
Southeastern Outings on our first hike on this new trail.
Take a stroll beside a serene Shades Creek. Unlike the older part of the Lakeshore Trail which runs right
along the side of a major highway, Lakeshore Drive,
this new
section of the trail is secluded with no road or traffic beside it at all. It is very scenic, running right beside
Shades Creek for its entire length.
The new section goes from Columbiana
Road to the new Trailhead just west of Wildwood Shopping across from John
Carroll High School campus. The creek in Phase 2 undulates through the
landscape and offers many attractive vistas of the creek from the trail. The
way the landscape presents itself, it is hard to believe the trail is in the
middle of a metropolitan area. A detention pond, part of the Wildwood Development,
is an attractive amenity along the way.
Homewood Mayor Patrick McClusky summed up why this trail matters.
“Homewood
is so excited about the new 1.4-mile pedestrian extension of the Greenway
Trail. This addition allows more accessibility and further distance to our
citizens and brings a trailhead to connect with another neighboring city. Homewood continues to promote pedestrian
friendly options, and the Greenway Phase II is just another shining example of
why our city is at the forefront of this focus.”
We will hike a total of 2.8 miles round
trip on the trail from the Lakeshore Trail Western Extension parking lot to
Columbiana Road and back.
Please meet at 10:00 at the Lakeshore
Trail Western Extension parking lot. We
plan to depart from there at 10:15 a.m.
Information and Trip Leader:
Christine Heckemeyer, 205-979-5730
OCTOBER 12, SATURDAY, please meet 8:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Kayak and Canoe Trip, Flint River near Brownsboro, Alabama
Details: This will be Southeastern Outings’ fifth group trip on the Flint River. This is a scenic stretch of river located in a very rural area. This stretch is fairly easy and without classified rapids. Along the river we’ll see wildflowers and stop to investigate islands and beaches.
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Novice canoeists are welcome and may come on this trip, but each novice canoeist must be partnered with an experienced canoeist in their canoe.
The outfitter, TGL Adventures, has for rent 1 tandem canoe, 50 new one-person sit-upon kayaks, 6 tandem kayaks and 6 sit in solo kayaks.
We thank SEO member Wendy Plash for observing the signs for this outfitter while she was kayaking on the Flint River and then referring us to TGL Adventures.
Here is the schedule of outfitter charges:
1. solo kayaks (both sit-upon and sit-in) each $40
2. tandem (2-person) canoes $60 each
3. tandem sit upon kayaks $60 each
4. shuttle fee per boat for owned rather than rented boats $15
Life jackets, paddles and shuttle fee are included in the rental boat fee for those who rent boats from the outfitter. Also, the outfitter will shuttle for a fee all private boats used on this outing. If you rent a boat from this outfitter, the outfitter will shuttle you and your rented boat from the take out back to the outfitter’s office so you will never need to transport your rented boat at all. You may bring your own canoe or kayak on this trip, but you must pay the outfitter to shuttle your privately-owned boat.
When we arrive at the outfitter’s, you will sign a waiver, pay your shuttle or boat rental fee, use the restrooms, and then we’ll put in the river at the outfitter’s. We will then paddle down the river to the take out, stopping as often as we want to. The outfitter’s vehicles will meet us at the take out and transport us and our boats back to the outfitter’s office where our cars are.
Well-behaved, properly supervised children age 10 and over welcome.
After the canoe and kayak trip we are going to a nearby restaurant for an optional dinner. If you would like to wear dry clothes for the drive home or to go to dinner, please bring a change of clothes to be kept in the car. The outfitter has changing rooms. There is a shower you can use in one of the changing rooms.
Reservations Required: You must contact Dan Frederick, email southeasternoutings@gmail.com or call 205/631-4680 if you plan to come on this kayak and canoe trip. You may leave a message on Dan’s voice mail if you wish. If you want to come on the October 12 SEO kayak and canoe trip AND you are renting a boat from the outfitter at the site of the trip, in this instance you are required to call or contact ONLY the trip leader and notify him that you are coming! Dan will inform the outfitter how many and what type of rental boats he will need to provide to SEO people for this trip. Also, if you decide to meet us at some place other than the meeting place specified in this announcement, please notify Dan in advance and directly of this fact.
Please do not just show up for this outing without making advance reservations! Please meet 8:45 a.m. at the Hayden/Corner Park and Ride. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m. For more essential information about this trip, please see Note for Kayak and Canoe Trips below.
Information and Trip Leader: If you have questions or would like additional information about this trip, please email Dan Frederick, southeasternoutings@gmail.com or phone 205/631-4680.
DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE
Hayden/Corner Park and Ride—171 State Highway 160, Warrior, AL 35180. Exit 284 off I-65 North, take right on AL 160 at end of exit ramp, immediate right on U.S. 31 and then enter fenced parking lot on right.
Note for Kayak and Canoe Trips
The kayak and canoe outing listed in the announcement above is suitable for beginner/novice canoeists and kayakers, but each beginner canoeist must paddle with an experienced canoeist. Life jackets are required and must be worn. You are responsible for finding your own boat. Bring your own boat, borrow one, paddle with a friend, or rent from the outfitter listed.
Please bring in the boat your picnic lunch, something to drink, and a towel and complete change of clothes including underwear. If you get wet during the day, just slip off back into the woods and change into your dry clothes. You’ll be very grateful that you brought them with you. Put your belongings in a waterproof dry bag in the boat. Wear old shoes you don’t mind getting wet (old sneakers work well). Also bring at least 6 feet of sturdy cord to tie up your canoe if you don’t already have rope attached to your own canoe or especially if you are renting a canoe. If you have further questions, please call the trip leader.
When you make your reservation with the trip leader, please be absolutely certain to provide ALL of the following information:
1. Whether you want to kayak or canoe
2. Whether you are renting a boat from the outfitter or bringing your own boat
3. Your name
4. Your telephone number or email address
5. If you are also making a reservation for someone else coming with you, please give the NAME of that person. Don’t just say, “My daughter, my friend, my wife”.
6. If you are canoeing, please give your skill level.
7. If you have already selected a canoe partner and you are making a reservation for your partner, too, please give the name and skill level of your partner.
8. Please do NOT just show up at the meeting place without making an advance reservation!!
9. And if you have made a reservation to participate and then decide to cancel, please be absolutely sure to call and notify the trip leader. Don’t just tell your friend if you intend to cancel!!
If you have made a reservation for a friend whom you have invited to come on this trip and your friend is not coming, you must notify the leader
OCTOBER 13, SUNDAY, please meet 1:45 p.m.
Southeastern
Outings Second Sunday Dayhike in Oak Mountain State Park
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Details: Enjoy a moderate 4 to 5-mile walk in the woodlands
near Birmingham on a Sunday afternoon.
This is an excellent outing for introducing your friends to Southeastern
Outings and for making new friends who enjoy the outdoors. Parts of this hike may be off the color-coded
trails. There will be some ups and
downs.
Well-behaved,
properly supervised children age eight and up able to walk the distance of
about 4 miles without complaining and complete the hike are welcome.
Share an
adventure! Bring a friend.
Please
meet at 1:45 p.m. in the Oak
Mountain Park office parking lot. We
plan to depart from there at 2:00 p.m.
Please
bring $5/person ($2.00 seniors) park admission fee plus your drink.
Info. and Trip Leader: Randall Adkins, 205/317-6969
OCTOBER 19, SATURDAY, Meet 9:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings 10.6-Mile Bicycle Ride
Where: Chief Ladiga Trail, Piedmont, Alabama
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Details: Join friendly folks for a 10.6-mile bicycle ride on
the Chief Ladiga Trail in the Piedmont, Alabama area. Ride on Alabama’s first extended rails-to-trails conversion route
on an old railroad right of way. The
trail we’ll be riding on is smooth, 8-10 feet wide and even paved.
There are no hills on this trail.
The trail is suitable for road bikes plus mountain, hybrid and urban
bicycles. Ride through towns, fields
and picturesque woodlands. No motorized vehicles are allowed on
your trail!
Bicycle
helmets are required and must be worn.
Please bring a picnic lunch and drink.
The
pace of this bicycle ride will be leisurely.
From time to time we will stop bicycling just to enjoy the scenery and
views from the four bridges over the creeks.
However, please note that
this ride is 10.6 miles long. We recommend that participants intending
to come on this outing have bicycled at least a few times during the 30 days
prior to October 26. In order to be
assured that you can ride comfortably on this trip you should probably be able
to ride at an average speed of 8-12 miles per hour on level terrain.
There will
be an optional restaurant dinner after the bicycle ride. You will have an opportunity to wash up and
change clothes in the Eubanks Welcome Center restrooms after the bicycle
ride. If you’d like to clean up and/or
change clothes, please bring your soap and towel and/or change of clothes with
you.
Please
meet 9:45 a.m. at the Applebee’s Restaurant in Trussville. We plan to depart from there at 10:00 a.m.
or meet 11:20 a.m. at the Eubanks Welcome Center on the Chief Ladiga Trail in
Piedmont.
Reservations Required: If you want to come on this
bicycle ride, please make a reservation with Dan Frederick, email southeasternoutings@gmail.com or phone
205-631-4680. Also, if you have a bike rack which can hold
more than one bicycle, please bring it with you to Piedmont in order to
facilitate the required car shuttle and advise Dan that you are doing so. We probably need to leave about two vehicles
at the Eubanks Welcome Center in order to transport the drivers of all the
remaining vehicles from the end point of the ride back to the start point to
pick up their vehicles after the ride is concluded.
Information and Ride Leader: Dan Frederick, 205/631-4680, email
southeasternoutings@gmail.com
OCTOBER
20, SUNDAY, please meet 2:00 p.m.
Southeastern
Outings Weekday Hike
Where: Moss Rock
Preserve
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Details: Explore a section of this 350-acre forested park in
Hoover on a moderately strenuous 2-3 hour hike with some climbing up and
walking down hills on Shades Mountain.
We’ll experience the preserve’s diverse natural features which include
longleaf pine forests, huge boulders, grassy areas, outstanding views and
several beautiful streams and waterfalls which hopefully will be running
bountifully when we are there. We recommend
that you bring hiking poles with you on this hike if you have them.
Please
bring water to drink.
Please
meet 2:00 p.m. at the Moss Rock Preserve Parking Lot on Patton Chapel
Road. We plan to depart from there promptly at 2:15 p.m.
Below is a link to the website for Moss Rock Preserve, where
you can print a map of the trails in Moss Rock Preserve for use on this hike or
on future hikes there on your own,
http://www.hooveral.org/219/Hiking-Map-Trail-Guide
Information and Trip Leader: David Shepherd, 205/240-4681
OCTOBER 26, SATURDAY, please meet 8:45 a.m.
Southeastern
Outings Dayhike: Cahaba River Park in Western Shelby County north of
Montevallo
Details: The
Cahaba River is among the most scenic and biologically diverse waterways in the
United States, and the public now has access to a portion of the river in
Shelby County. Work is underway on the Cahaba River Park, a 1,500-acre
site near the Bibb County line in western Shelby County. Please come with
us for our fifth, moderately easy 3 to 5 mile-long hike in this newly created
park.
Cahaba River Park includes two sectors: a larger sector on
the north side of the river and a sector on the south side of the river that
allows for motorized access.
The river splits the park into two sites with different amenities. The
north side, which is called the Helena/Hoover Sector, includes most of the
park’s acreage. The sector comprises 1,212 acres of Forever Wild property and
127 acres of county property. The south side of the river, which is called the
Boothton/Montevallo Sector, comprises 188 acres of Shelby County property.
Cahaba River Park is a Shelby County venture that is being developed in
conjunction with Forever Wild Land Trust, an initiative of the Alabama
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Improvements to Shelby County 251, or River Road on the north side of the
Cahaba River, are now complete. The Park offers about 15 miles of
professionally designed and constructed trails for mountain biking, hiking and
trail running; multiple parking locations at trailheads; several canoe launch
sites that will allow for short trips or runs as long as 7 miles; 2 sets of
pavilions and restroom facilities; and a caretaker’s house for a law
enforcement officer.
Our hike in the
Helena/Hoover Sector on October 19 will include walking on several trails. The park’s trails offer a nice blend of
forest, river and creek views including a good view of the area’s elevation.
Please bring your picnic lunch and
water with you on the hike.
Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age 7 and older able to walk
up to five miles without complaining are welcome to participate in this trip.
Please meet at 8:45
a.m. in the parking lot behind the McDonald’s on U.S. Highway 31 at the
Riverchase Galleria. We plan to depart from there at 9:00 a.m.
Admission
to the park is free.
Information
and Trip Leader: Tim Vann, telephone 205-515-8566, email tvann25@hotmail.com
NOVEMBER 2, SATURDAY, please meet 10:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Dayhike, Richard Martin Trail (previously named
Limestone Rail Trail), Elkmont, Alabama
Details: This trail is located in extreme North Alabama just
to the west of I-65 and a few miles south of the Tennessee-Alabama border. The hike is rated easy. We will hike a total of 5.3 miles. There is much lovely scenery along the path
that was once a part of the Tennessee and Alabama Central Railroad.
Walk on
one of Alabama’s rails-to-trails conversion routes on an old railroad right of
way. This smooth trail is wide and
level. No hills on this trail. On this particular hike you will be walking
on a scenic trail which goes through fields, near houses and through the
woods. The trail winds through wetlands
with wildlife and a great variety of birds.
On the trail you will pass the site of the Civil War Battle of Sulphur
Creek Trestle.
Please
bring your picnic lunch and drink with you.
Well-behaved,
carefully supervised children age 8 and over able to walk 6 miles without
complaining are welcome.
Optional
restaurant dinner afterwards in Athens, Alabama.
Please
meet 10:45 a.m. at the Hayden/Corner
Park and Ride. We plan to depart from
there at 11:00 a.m.
Info. and Trip Leader: Dan Frederick, southeasternoutings@gmail.com, phone 205-631-4680
NOVEMBER
7, THURSDAY, please meet 9:30 a.m.
Southeastern
Outings dayhike
Where: Double Oak Park
Details: First of all, please note that this location is NOT Oak Mountain State
Park. Double Oak Park is a new Shelby
County park located on top of Double Oak Mountain and accessed from Shelby
County Route 43 near Chelsea.
Double Oak Park is approximately
750 acres. Here’s a look at what you’ll find at the park:
- Hiking trails
- Mountain bike trails
- Horseback trails
- A picnic pavilion
- Restrooms with running water
This park is owned and maintained by Shelby County.
The park
is located between Dunnavant Valley Road (County Highway 41) and Bear Creek
Road (County Highway 43). The expansion of the Dunnavant Valley Greenway
includes Double Oak Park, which features 8-9 miles of single-track trail that
combines with the double track. Besides
providing an option for recreation and a place for visitors to enjoy, the park
will also preserve the land from development. Chad
Scroggins, Shelby County, County manager, stated, “Double Oak Park is an
opportunity for the Shelby County Commission to invest in an outdoor recreation
park for hiking, biking, trail running, and very soon, horseback trails. The
park consists of 750 acres at the tail end of the Appalachian Mountain chain in
Shelby County just outside of Chelsea on County Road 43. We are excited to
offer this pristine piece of the outdoors so close to residential areas and
employment centers on US 280.”
Please bring picnic lunch and
water with you. Please
meet 9:30 a.m. at the Shelby County Highway 43 entrance to the park.
Info. And Trip Leader: Chris
Heckemeyer, 205-979-5730
NOVEMBER 9, SATURDAY, please meet 8:40 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Cave Tour and
Woodland Hike
Where: Cathedral Caverns
State Park, Woodville, Alabama
Reservations Required
If you want to come on this outing, you must call trip leader Dan
Frederick,
205-631-4680 before noon on Friday, November 1 so that we can abide by
the Park’s group tour reservation deadline policy.
Please give Dan your name, telephone number including area code, and email
address if you have one. Cave tour admission fees for participants who
register by this deadline will be compliments of Southeastern Outings. This means that Southeastern Outings will
pay your $15 cave admission charge provided that you make your reservation with
Dan Frederick, trip leader, before noon on Friday, November 1. If you try to make a reservation to
come on this outing after the November 1 deadline, you will have to pay your
own cave admission fee, and you risk being denied admission to the cave because
the total number of people, including our group and all other people who want
to come on the 11:00 a.m. tour on November 9 cannot be exceeded!
Details: Tour one of Alabama’s largest developed caves. After we
arrive at the park, you can use the restrooms there. We then are required
to assemble together at 10:45 a.m. right outside the cave entrance for our tour
which starts at 11:00 a.m. sharp. The
cave, which maintains a constant temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit, includes
a very large entrance and several beautiful formations.
The cave
tour walk with tour guide is 1.5 miles in length and takes 1.5 hours.
Following the cave tour, we will enjoy having our lunches on the park porch,
and then we will hike in the park through hardwood forests on gentle slopes and
through grassy meadows.
Please
bring your picnic lunch and water with you.
Optional
dinner in Guntersville after the outing concludes.
Please meet 8:40 a.m. at the Cleveland
Chevron, 36320 AL Highway 79, Cleveland, AL
35049. We plan to depart from there at 8:55 a.m.
Remember—Reservations
for this outing are required before noon on Friday, November 1!!
Information and Trip Leader: Dan Frederick, phone 205-631-4680, email southeasternoutings@gmail.com
NOVEMBER
10, SUNDAY, please meet 12:45 p.m.
Southeastern
Outings Second Sunday Dayhike in Oak Mountain State Park
Details: Enjoy a moderate 4 to 5-mile walk in the woodlands
near Birmingham on a Sunday afternoon.
This is an excellent outing for introducing your friends to Southeastern
Outings and for making new friends who enjoy the outdoors. Parts of this hike may be off the
color-coded trails. There will be some
ups and downs.
Well-behaved,
properly supervised children age eight and up able to walk the distance of
about 4 miles without complaining and complete the hike are welcome.
Share an
adventure! Bring a friend.
Please
meet at 12:45 p.m. in the Oak
Mountain Park office parking lot. We
plan to depart from there at 1:00 p.m.
Please
bring $5/person ($2.00 seniors) park admission fee plus your drink.
Info. and Trip Leader: Randall Adkins, 205/719-7719
NOVEMBER 14, THURSDAY, please meet 9:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Weekday hike
Where: Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve, Springfield, Alabama
Details: This will be Southeastern Outings’
second ever hike in this new nature preserve.
The property is located along a beautiful, tree-canopied section of St.
Clair County Highway 9 within the city limits of Springville in north St. Clair
County. The property encompasses hilly, forested terrain and aquatic riparian
habitat in and near Big Canoe Creek.
Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve consists of 422 acres of pristine
meandering creek, lush forest, one-of-a-kind species, wildlife, stunning flora
and trails of all kinds to be traveled.
Trails traverse this Alabama Forever Wild property in Springville,
perfect for hiking, horseback riding, bird watching and mountain biking,
paddling and a variety of other outdoor activities.
The Forever Wild Land Trust
believes that this property presents a unique opportunity to serve as a focal
point of sustainable regional economic and social activity while simultaneously
helping to protect some of Alabama’s impressive aquatic biodiversity for
generations to come. Experience the
Preserve’s biodiversity – from mountain laurel and native azalea to beech, red
and sugar maple trees. Find hornbeams, black walnut, catalpa, butternut and
bigleaf magnolia trees and perhaps, stands of river cane.
The northern border spans about
2/3 mile of Big Canoe Creek, providing abundant creekside scenery and wildlife
habitat. High points on the property afford views of the uppermost section of
the Big Canoe Creek watershed, including beautiful, rural Canoe Creek Valley
and the opposing ridges of Pine and Blount Mountains.
Take in the spectacular views of
ridges, mountains and valley, or spot a rare bird soaring above.
Each sunrise seems to reveal a new perspective on nature’s many gifts
found beneath the canopy’s trees or along the banks of this stunning creek that
runs for 50 miles. And each sunset beckons visitors to savor the memories of
the sights, sounds and the enveloping feeling of it all. It is a true gift of nature for us all to
enjoy, to experience and to be inspired.
The hike will be relatively
easy. We will be hiking on the Slab
Creek Trail. Total hike distance is
about 2.6 miles.
Admission to the park is
free. Please bring your picnic lunch
and beverage with you.
Please meet 9:45 a.m. at the
Applebee’s in Trussville. We plan to
depart from there at 10:00 a.m.
Information and Trip Leader: Dan
Frederick, email southeasternoutings@gmail.com or
telephone 205-631-4680.
NOVEMBER 16, SATURDAY, please meet at 8:15 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Dayhike
Where: Corral Shelter and Pebble Bluff Native American
Shelters in the Bankhead National Forest
Details: Moderate
hikes to several spectacular sites in the Bankhead National Forest. First, we’ll hike to the Corral Shelter.
This is a large rock overhang which long ago served as a free barn to the owner
of a stagecoach transportation owner.
He fenced off the entrance to the shelter and then put his horses and
the stagecoach in the shelter each night after they had pulled the stagecoach
on its various routes for the day.
Thus, they were always out of the rain overnight. This shelter is fascinating to view and
contemplate how it was once so very cleverly utilized.
Then we’ll
hike from there to view two of the Pebble Area Bluff Shelters. These are huge overhangs where Native
Americans once lived and assembled for ceremonies and protection from the
elements. These shelters also served as
a place where Native Americans hid out from the white men who were rounding up Native Americans to force them to
walk on the Trail of Tears from Alabama to Oklahoma. Each shelter should have a waterfall drifting off the cliff at
the top. The beauty of each of these
areas is breathtaking. This is a trip
to not be missed!
Please
bring picnic lunch and water.
Well-behaved children age ten and over able to walk over rugged terrain
welcome. Optional dinner after.
Please meet at 8:15 a.m. at the Floor and Décor Store parking lot, 230
Green Springs Highway in Homewood. We
plan to depart from there at 8:30 a.m.
Or you can meet the group at the Jack’s in Double Springs, 15266 U.S. Highway 278, Double Springs, AL,
at 9:45 a.m.
Information and Trip Leader: Dan Frederick, phone
205/631-4680 or email southeasternoutings@gmail.com
NOVEMBER 23, SATURDAY, please meet 9:45 a.m.
Southeastern Outings Picnic Lunch and Moderate Dayhike
Where: Paul Grist State Park near Selma, Alabama
Details: Paul Grist State Park is one of the state’s most
uncrowded, yet scenic state parks containing hills, forests, fields and a
large, beautiful, tree-lined lake.
Prior to
the dayhike we will get together at the smaller pavilion right near the park
office to eat our picnic lunches.
Please bring your picnic lunch and also $3 per person ($2 for seniors
age 62 and older) park admission and a beverage for yourself.
Dayhike Details: Hike rated moderate.
There are only a few ups and downs.
Total hiking distance is approximately 5.5 miles. We plan to walk all the way around the lake
and then also walk on some additional trails in the park to make the drive time
down and back worthwhile.
Well-behaved,
carefully supervised children age nine and over able to walk 6 miles without
complaining are welcome. Please bring
your picnic lunch and drink, and wear sturdy footwear.
Optional
group restaurant dinner after the hike.
Reservations not required for this outing.
Please
meet 9:45 a.m. at the McDonald’s
Galleria. We plan to depart from there at 10:00 a.m.
Info. And Trip Leader: Dan Frederick email southeasternoutings@gmail.com or
telephone 205-631-4680
DECEMBER 1, SATURDAY, please meet 1:45 p.m.
Southeastern Outings Easy Dayhike
Where: Vulcan Trail inside the City Limits of Birmingham
Details: Enjoy an easy walk in the woodlands overlooking
Birmingham on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
The trail is level, as it is on an old mining railroad right of way just
below the crest of Red Mountain. This
walk is an ideal activity for those Thanksgiving guests who have been in your
house for several days and with whom you are looking for something to do to get
them out of the house. A previous walk
on this trail drew one of the highest number of participants, 67, on any outing
SEO has ever sponsored. Don’t miss it!
Please
meet at 1:45 p.m. in the Vulcan Park and Museum Parking Lot where you
would normally park to visit the statue and Vulcan Park. We plan to depart from there at 2:00
p.m. We will walk from the big parking
lot a short distance down some new stairs to the trailhead and then on the
trail to Green Springs Highway and back.
The formerly unpaved section of the Vulcan Trail has recently been
widened and resurfaced.
There is
no charge to participate in this hike and there is no charge for admission to
either Vulcan Park or the trail.
Well-behaved,
carefully supervised children age 7 and older able to walk 4 miles
welcome. After the walk is completed,
there will be an optional dinner for our hikers at Jim 'N Nick's 11th Avenue
Grill at Five Points South.
Share an
adventure. Bring a friend or friends.
Information and Trip Leader: Dan Frederick,
southeasternoutings@gmail.com or telephone 205/631-4680