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52 Hikes: #3 Camp O’Rear
My third hike for 2020 was with my scouts at a BSA camp in Jasper, AL, called Camp O’Rear. It’s a nice little camp along Blackwater Creek. We hiked along both sides of the creek as far as we could go, then up to the rock house and arrowhead point. The scouts had a great…
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Goodbye, 2017!
I struggled to recall my favorite moments / memories of 2017. After spending several minutes scrolling through photos and reviewing my calendar, I decided on the highlights from each month. So, without further ado… January – Hiking at Hurricane Creek park: February – A driver ran a stop sign right in front of me as I was…
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Summer Favorites
What’s up, Internet (and family & friends)?! Today is the last Friday of our summer vacation. School starts next week, and, to be totally honest, I’m not happy about it. Of all the summers for school to begin the first week of August, they had to choose the mildest summer in recent memory. This past…
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Weekend Recap: Grimes Canoe Base
This past weekend was another troop camping weekend. We left Northport around 6:30 pm and made it to Grimes around 11 pm. Grimes provided tents, so we didn’t have a lot of work to do to set up our site — a good thing in the middle of the night after a long drive. I…
Leslie Wiggins 