slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: hiking
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I had a good weekend. On Saturday morning I drove to Chapel Hill and played with the Triangle Book Arts group. We spent the first few hours making brushes with bamboo and driftwood and deer tail and horsehair and feathers and various plant materials, then the last two we spent making marks with things such…
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We decided to explore the east side of the park on Tuesday, sticking fairly close to the East Glacier depot since we didn’t want a repeat of nearly missing the train. After a visit to the Spiral Spoon and Brownies next door, we headed to Two Medicine Lake. On the way, we stopped for a…
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We had seen some petroglyphs at the Swelter Shelter site, but there are many more in the park. Looking at these on the east side of the Green River off Cub Creek Road, we definitely understand why this art evokes the idea of alien visits. The first set was easy to get to and they…
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Susanne said, “What an unfortunate name – sounds like a combination of E coli and ebola.” But it is one of the prettiest beaches on the planet, on the north side of Cannon Beach. We only went to part of it, because it was midday on Saturday and everybody was trying to get in. We…
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Here are photos from our Nat Greene Trail Hike yesterday evening. It begins/ends at Lake Brandt Marina parking lot. Parts of it are hilly. Sandy and I went with a member of the Triad Hiking Explorers meet-up group and her rat terrier, Daisy Duke. We were exhausted afterward which proves that we need more of…
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Ridges Mountain Nature Preserve is a hidden gem in Randolph County we were introduced to by the Triad Hiking Explorers and this hike’s leader, Mike Johnson. It is an easy hike and the boulders at the top are magnificent. Right away I found a snake skeleton and proclaimed the trip a success. Of course I…
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Sandy and I and Anne, a new co-worker, went on a short hike on the Reedy Fork Trail, one of Greensboro’s many trails around our reservoir lakes. Love this running cedar. Either we took a wrong turn or the trail vanished. It was in need of maintenance. We ended up crossing a power line right-of-way,…
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