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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2011- 2012 Unless otherwise noted, we will assemble to drive to these events
at the parking lot |
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| Sept 18 Sunday |
Leave RCC at 2 PM. We will walk along the upper Mayo river, near the Anglin Mill bridge, for about a mile. This is a beautiful stretch of the river, containing small falls and rapids, descending rock formations. Our leader will be Bobby Irving. Moderate walk. |
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| October 16 Sunday | Leave RCC at 2 PM. We will drive to the Crowder family property. Our hike will be on a portion of the Old Indian Trail that used to cross Rockingham County. We will visit the renovated Baker family log cabin, built in the 1840’s, and walk a bit on a creek. Bob Carter is our leader. Moderate walking. |
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| November 20 Sunday |
Leave RCC at 2 PM. We will visit the Nancy Moore property on the west side of Hwy 14 south of Eden. You can expect a moderate walk in winter-quiet woods along Town Creek. Milton Hundley is our leader. |
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| December 3 Saturday |
We will have our annual winter covered dish dinner, at Calvary Baptist Church in Wentworth, at the corner of Sandy Cross Road and Hwy 87. Arrive at 5 PM with your salad, main course dish, or dessert. We eat at 5:30 PM; and at 6:30 we will hear a talk on “Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in North Carolina”, by Dr. Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM, Professor of the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State Univ.and adjunct faculty member of Duke University School of Medicine. A significant number of our club members have already had one or more of the three major tick-born diseases in our state, and it is time for us as an active outdoors group to learn about ticks and how to avoid them and the diseases they may carry. Club officers for the next year will be elected at this meeting also. |
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| December 17 Saturday |
Our annual informal bird count, starting with breakfast at 6:30 AM at Dick's Drive-in on Washington St. in Eden. We drive the highways and by-ways of a good part of our county, noting the species and numbers of birds we see. It's a lot of fun. We will have some birding experts with us, so you don’t have to worry about being one yourself! Call Lucy Berry at 939-9367 if you can join us. |
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| January 21, 2012 Sunday |
This will be another walk on Town Creek, on the property of Bill Moore. There should be a variety of winter birds along the creek bottom. Milton Hundley is our leader. Moderate walking. |
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| February 18 Sunday |
Leave RCC at 2 PM. We will walk on the property of Harold Vaden on the headwaters of Bold Run Creek. Our hike will include a visit to a pond, as well as the creek, and we will visit the King-Stewart family cemetery. Bob Carter is our leader. Moderate walking. |
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| March 20 Sunday |
Leave RCC at 1:30 PM sharp to car-pool to the Natural Science Center in Greensboro, which will take about 40 minutes. The Center contains both a zoo and a museum with a wide variety of exhibits centered on science in the environment. Quite a lot of renovation has been done at the Center since we last visited it, and we look forward to seeing the new exhibits. There is a general admission fee of $8 per adult; $7 for seniors 65 and up; and $7 for children 3 – 13. |
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| April 15 Sunday |
Leave RCC at 2 PM. We will walk on the property of Janice and Tom Wangard, descending a moderate hill almost 200 feet to the Dan river, where Wide Mouth Creek enters it. There should be variety of beautiful wildflowers in bloom at the river. The walk to and from the river is about a half mile each way and, while not terribly steep, it definitely provides exercise! Our leader is Mike Vaughan. |
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| May 20 Sunday |
Leave RCC at 2 PM. We’ll be walking property of the Treadway family, west of Eden. This will be another walk along a nice small creek that is likely to have some wildflowers on its banks at this time of year. Milton Hundley is our leader. Moderate walking. |
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| June 10 Sunday |
Leave RCC at 2 PM. It‘s the club’s annual covered dish picnic, this year at Mayo River State Park. The club has reserved the park’s elegant, covered picnic pavilion, so we will be “weather- proof.” We will eat on arrival, so bring a dish to share with others. After we eat, there is a walking trail we can explore. Usually a variety of birds can be seen, too. Please join us for a relaxed afternoon in a beautiful setting. |
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