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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Spring 2010

The Planning Committee try and schedule at least one event a month on the second Saturday of that month. Check the website and your email for addons/updates and cancellations.

You can make a difference this Saturday, March 13th! In cooperation with Local Rotary District 7670 and Stop Hunger Now our community will take part in helping to assemble 100,000 food packages! Sylva First UMC has committed to sponsoring a food-packaging station at the Franklin Armory from 9:30am to 1:00pm (two shifts - 9:30-11:00am and 11:30am-1:00pm). A minimum of 5 people is needed for each shift. This is a great opportunity as a church community to serve together! This is a great way to service the world and meet new people! No cost involved, small amount of work involved. They will accept any volunteers! Stop Hunger Now

March 13th, Sat - Pot Luck Dinner & Gamenight 6pm-9pm Scotts Creek Baptist Church 97 Steeple Rd Sylva, NC 28779 For Directions

Join us for a night of fun, food and fellowship. We are meeting in the fellowship hall at Scott's Creek Baptist Church. Dick Sellers attends here as his home church and has acquired the facility for us to use. So bring a dinner dish or finger food to share and your favorite game. Carpool from Franklin, NC will meet at Bowling Alley at 5:30pm.

March 27th, Sat - Spring Wildflower Walk on Fighting Creek Nature Trail - near Sugarlands Visitors Center Gatlinburg, Tn

Behind the Sugarlands visitor center is a handicapped accessible wooded hiking trail which takes about 45 minutes to complete. The trail is relatively flat, and leads you around a short loop, with views of the wooded forests famous in the Smoky Mountains. At the far end of the trail, there is a restored cabin that offers a view of the past history of the area.

Saturday April 10, 2010 Jackson County Arts Council Indoor Yard Sale Time: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Location: Ramsey Center on Campus of WCU Cullowhee, NC. You have got to go early for the good stuff. Dick is selling for Trout Unlimited fundraiser. Anyone wanting to go to this let me know. We can go before the hike meet at 10am. -Vonda

April 10th, Sat - Cove Hardwood Nature Trail- Wildflower Hike in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Video We will meet to carpool in Franklin, NC at 9:30 at the bowling alley. Carpool from Dillsboro, NC 10am Holiday Inn Express/Subway/BP. Pack a lunch or buy Subway for picnic in Chimney Tops Picnic Area after the hike. Select tables are situated along the river. All picnic spots have grills for barbecuing.

Cove Hardwood Nature Trail Length: 1 total miles, Elevation Gain: 250 feet Trail Type: Loop, Skill Level: Easy. Can't miss this one for Multitude of Wildflowers! If you like wildflowers and scenic cove forests, it doesn’t get much better than this. From early April until early May, the ground is carpeted with just about every spring ephemeral species you can think of. You don’t even have to hike the trail; the picnic area itself is a good viewing spot. During the peak bloom of fringed phacelia, the flowers literally cover the ground. Indeed, more than one visitor has driven quickly by and thought he or she was seeing a late snow. Highlights: Spring wildflowers, old-growth forest, short trail.

April 17th, Sat - TBA Wildflower Hike

April 21st-25th, Wed-Sat - Wildflower Pilgrimage Schedule Info/Registration

May 8th, Sat - TBA

June 12th, Sat - TBA

DuPont Hike 21June09

Well, though it was a hot day, we had a great time on our waterfall hike this past Saturday outside Brevard. The parking area was extremely crowded, but we were early enough to find a spot and begin our hike. After seeing Hooker Falls, we made our way to Triple Falls where we found a spot on the rocks between the bottom two tiers of the falls to lunch. We continued our hike to the impressive High Falls then made our way to the covered bridge at the top where we took a short break and watched the fish, lizards, and snakes(!).

After hiking down, though not always on the trail (hope the arm heals quickly Karen!), we found the parking area even more crowded, and cars lined up on both sides of the road in both directions. So, we vacated our spot and headed into Brevard to find a place to eat (of course). We had a good meal at the Pisgah Fish Camp then headed into the Pisgah National Forest

After a brief look at Looking Glass Falls, we headed on up to the top of the ridge and got on the Blue Ridge Parkway and headed back. We made a few stops to see the views and flowers, and on one of these stops had a remarkable find. Along one of the seeps we were shown a patch of Sundew, a small, rare, carniverous plant (that means that it traps and eats bugs!). See a picture here.

Hope you can join us next month as we beat the heat by heading up to Andrews Bald. Note that the date changed as Dick's daughter is getting married on the 11th.

sgibbs

Pics available 23May09

Several members of the group have made pictures available that have been taken at our events. Links below:
Silas' Flickr Page
Group photos and other
Kathy's Flickr Page

If you have pictures or a site that you want to list here, just email it to the webmaster

MCS Pics to Share?

We have pictures!!. Go check out the gallery and see some pictures of our hikes. We are working to get more pictures uploaded, and if you have any you would like to share, use the email address on the contact page to send them to me.