A friend recently alerted me to an overnight bike trip being organized by a local independent bike shop. We’ve both been interested in expanding our camping skills to include travel by bicycle. He was unable to go, but I seized the opportunity to end my procrastination and get an S24O under my belt. My gear“Oak City Bike Overnight”
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Birkhead Hike Trip #215
Just a few miles southwest of Asheboro, NC, in rural Randolph County, lies the Birkhead Mountains Wilderness. This is a relatively small unit in the USFS-managed system, and one of just a handful of designated Wildernesses in North Carolina. Unlike many other Wilderness areas, the Birkhead Mountains Wilderness contains numerous historic remnants that are signs“Birkhead Hike Trip #215”
Wood Run Trail Expansion!
On November 12, 2011, the Tarheel Trailblazers hosted a ribbon-cutting for the trail work being done under the recent Recreational Trails Program grant and a matching donation from First Bank in Albemarle. It is being called Phase I of the Wood Run Area Trail Expansion. Although most of the work being done consists of relocations“Wood Run Trail Expansion!”
Uwharrie Hike Trip #205
Last Friday’s weather was fantastic. I had to work. But I did make time Saturday to get out for a hike. The weather was about 10 degrees cooler than Friday, but it was still sunny and quite pleasant for a hike. My goal was do Hike Trip #205 from the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide.“Uwharrie Hike Trip #205”
Uwharrie Trail Club Revival
The Uwharrie Trail Club has recently seen a revival. Ok, maybe I’m a little slow in catching on. “Recently” might only be true if you include last year in that description. But for a club that first got started in the early 1970′s, last year is fairly “recent”. 2010 started with no active club in“Uwharrie Trail Club Revival”
Town of Troy Nature Trail
January 8th started out crisp and partly cloudy. Temp’s hovered around freezing as I drove to Montgomery County and delivered more copies of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide to Melinda at the Eldorado Outpost. My next goal was to explore the Town of Troy Nature Trail. I had seen the sign for this trail“Town of Troy Nature Trail”
Guidebook feedback wanted
With close to 6,000 copies of the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide having been sold, I’m convinced this book proved itself to be a project worth doing. I incorporated some features in the guidebook that I as a hiker wanted to have in a trail guide but didn’t often see in others. These features included“Guidebook feedback wanted”
December Solstice
December 21st will be a busy night for sky viewing. This date is when the winter solstice occurs in 2010. It also happens to be the date of a full moon. The December full moon is often called the Cold Moon or Long Night’s Moon, both are appropriate names for those of us in the“December Solstice”
Uwharrie Hike Trip #204
Hike Trip #204 (PDF) This month’s featured hike trip is #204 from the Uwharrie Lakes Region Trail Guide. This 9.17 mile hike starts at the Wood Run Trailhead on NC24-27 and combines parts of the Uwharrie and Keyauwee Trails to form a “lollipop” route. The “lollipop” loop itself is just over 5 miles around. Along“Uwharrie Hike Trip #204”
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