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......Adventures of a wayward woodland wanderer.....

2008 Hikes, RoadTrips & Events
Date: Trip Name: Location: Length:
12/12/08-12/13/08 Camping in the Sipsey Wilderness:
  • Randolph Trail
  • Buck Rough Trail [TR 204]
  • Sipsey River Trail
  • The Big Tree & waterfalls
  • Thompson Creek Trail
    		• Bankhead National Forest, AL ~22 miles
    11/15/08 Beaverdam Swamp Boardwalk
    		Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, AL 1 mile
    11/02/08 Grundy State Forest Natural Area:
  • Grundy Day Loop Trail
  • Fierry Gizzard Trail
  • Dog Hole Trail
  • Raven & Werner Point Overlooks
  • Blue Hole, Sycamore & Hane's Hole Falls
    		• Tracy City, TN 11 miles
    10/22/08 Harmony Park Safari Nature Preserve
    		Huntsville, AL 2 miles [driving]
    10/11/08 High Falls Park
    		High Falls Park, Geraldine, AL ~1 mile
    10/10/08 Camping at Buck's Pocket State Park
    		Buck's Pocket State Park, AL ~2 miles
    10/05/08 Chattanooga Aquarium
    		Chattanooga, TN --
    08/31/08 Borden Creek Trail
    		Sipsey Wilderness Area, Bankhead National Forest, AL ~1 mile
    08/29/08 Cathedral Caverns State Park
    		near Grant, AL 1.3 miles
    08/23/08 Tybee Island Lighthouse & Beach
    		Tybee Island, GA --
    08/21/08 Nashville Zoo
    		Nashville, TN 2 miles
    08/21/08 Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
    		Nashville, TN --
    08/17/08 Swan Creek Greenway
    		Athens, AL 4 miles
    07/27/08 Noxubee Wildlife Refuge:
  • Bluff Lake
  • Watson Memorial Trail
    		• Noxubee Wildlife Refuge, MS ~1 mile
    06/29/08 Atwood Linear Park/Greenway
    		Huntsville, AL 2 miles
    06/29/08 Flint River Greenway
    		Hampton Cove, AL 1.5 miles
    06/29/08 Big Cove Creek Greenway
    		Huntsville & Hampton Cove, AL 5.5 miles
    06/21/08 Etowah High School 10 Year Reunion
    		Attalla, AL --
    06/15/08 Camping at Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve
    		Tuscumbia, AL ~8 miles
    06/14/08 "Three Bad Maps Are Better Than One" Road Trip:
  • Indian Mound and Museum
  • Spring Park of Tuscumbia
  • Old Railroad Bridge
  • Pope's Tavern
  • McFarland Park
  • Wilson Dam
    		• Florence, Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals, AL --
    06/14/08 Ivy Green, Helen Keller's Birthplace
    		Tuscumbia, AL --
    06/08/08 Blackwell Swamp Loop Trail
    		Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, AL 8 miles
    05/11/08 Monte Sano Preserve:
  • Tollgate Trail
  • High Trail
  • Neverseen Falls
  • Waterline Trail
  • Dry Falls
  • Wildflower Trail
    		• Huntsville, AL 5.5 miles
    05/03/08 Madison County/Green Mtn. Nature Trail
    		Huntsville, AL 1.5 miles
    04/20/08 Earth Day at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
    		Birmingham, AL ~1.5 miles
    04/12/08 Cold Spring Natural Area:
    		Huntsville, AL <1 mile
    04/12/08 Monte Sano State Park:
  • Lodge Falls (?)
  • Fire Tower Trail
  • Bog Trail
  • South Plateau Loop
    		• Monte Sano State Park, AL ~4 miles
    04/05/08-04/06/08 "Um....shiny?" Weekend Waterfall Roadtrip:
  • Monte Sano SP Waterfalls
  • CR 227 Waterfall
  • Jim Lynn Overlook
  • High Falls Park
  • Towne Creek Cascades & Mill Ruins
  • Scarham Creek &Whipporwill Falls
    		• Monte Sano SP, Bucks Pocket SP, High Falls Cnty Park, Double Bridges, AL ~2 miles
    04/01/08 Waterfalls of Rainbow Mountain & Point Rock
    		Rainbow Mountain Preserve, Madison, AL --
    03/30/08 Sipsey Wilderness Area:
  • CCC Trail at Sipsey Picnic Grounds
  • Ice Falls
  • Borden Creek Trail
    		• Bankhead National Forest, AL ~5 miles
    03/21/08 Dinosaur Uproar Huntsville Botanical Gardens, AL ~1 mile
    03/16/08 Pinhoti Trail: South from CR 500 Talladega National Forest, AL ~1 mile
    03/15/08 Waterfalls of Monte Sano: Old Railroad Bed Trail Monte Sano Preserve, Huntsville, AL ~1 mile
    03/08/08 Indian Creek Greenway & Snowman Sam Indian Creek Greenway, Huntsville, AL --
    03/02/08 & 03/06/08 Wade Mtn. Preserve:
  • Devil's Racetrack Trail
  • Wade Mtn. Trail
    [**summit photos added 03/06/08]
  • Harris Trail
  • Shovelton Trail
  • Rockwall Trail
    		• Wade Mtn. Preserve, Huntsville, AL ~4 miles
    02/10/08 Pisgah Gorge:
  • Upper/Lower Pisgah Falls
  • Lower Pisgah Falls Overlook
  • Natural Bridge & Falls
    		• Pisgah Civitan Park, Pisgah, AL ~1.5 miles
    02/08/08 Ave Maria Grotto Cullman, AL --
    02/03/08 Mt. Cheaha State Park:
  • Bald Rock Trail
  • Pulpit Rock Trail
  • Rock Garden Trail & Spring
  • Observation Tower
    		• Mt. Cheaha State Park, AL ~2 miles
    01/21/08 Hays Nature Preserve:
  • Flint River Trail
  • Beaver Dam Run
  • State Champion Shellbark Hickory
  • Big Cove Greenway
  • Flint River Greenway
    		• Hampton Cove, AL ~3 miles
    01/13/08 Hurricane Creek Park Vinemont, AL ~4 miles
    01/05/08 Camping in the Sipsey Wilderness Area:
  • Borden Creek Trail
  • Sipsey River Trail
  • Thompson Creek Trail
  • East Bee Branch Trail
  • State Champion Poplar
  • Eye of the Needle
  • Fall Creek Falls (w/ice)
    		• Bankhead National Forest, AL ~12 miles