We saw a Grey Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta and many squirrels. The understory ranged from thin and easily wandered to 20 feet high and impenetrable, depending on how much time had elapsed since the last burn. Lots of songbirds flew in the canopy of Loblolly and Longleaf Pine, Water, White, and Eastern Black Oak, Magnolia, Big Leaf Magnolia, and more. There were many Ant Lion Myrmeleontidae holes. The trail was an eight foot wide mowed strip over fine, white sugar sand. The area was predominantly sparse, open pine lands, with other tree types interspersed among the pines, and occasionally in separate stands. At first I was worried that traffic noise from a nearby road would keep me awake, but the road noise didn't seem so important when bombs started going off in the Army's nearby Camp Shelby. We started hiking in the afternoon from the Big Creek Trailhead and camped about 8 miles in. John and I drove to Mississippi and set up a shuttle to hike the 40 mile Black Creek Trail in the De Soto National Forest. I stayed at John's planning hikes and working on this website. We hiked a little and visited with John's college friends.
Then we worked around the house a little, and I edited pictures, text, and links for this website. I got a new coolant pump and he got rid of some rattles. John and I finished working on our trucks. We worked on each other's trucks and planned some hikes. Finally, I headed west to Birmingham, Alabama, to visit my friend John Calhoun, Mother Nature's Son. I hiked the Rottenwood Creek Trail down to the Chattahoochie River, then took care of a bunch of errands near my former home.
I enjoyed her daughter Jenny's soccer game.Īfter saying goodbye to Julie, Jenny, and Vanya, I headed to Marietta. I drove south to Atlanta to visit my sister Julie and her family. “This has become a treasured tradition.2010 Southern US Hiking Home 2010 Southern US Hiking October 17th - December, 2010 “Our employees can be counted on to give time and energy to projects that touch their hearts,” said Mary Montgomery, SM&P founding and managing partner. Removing litter from the land and water areas of the park will help protect wildlife and water quality and improve the aesthetics and enjoyment for park users.” “It makes a very visible difference that the whole community, including the natural community, can benefit from. “This cleanup is always great fun and a rewarding experience,” said Victoria, who has been supporting this annual event for many years. Also removed were two rafts and one shopping cart.” “Seventy-four bags of litter were removed from the area totaling around 1480 pounds of trash. I look forward to more volunteer opportunities.”Īccording to Maggi Moss, community engagement supervisor and executive director of Keep Marietta Beautiful, 75 volunteers joined the effort on that Saturday morning. “It felt great being able to give back to the community, and I was able to meet some very sweet people. SM&P Paralegal Assistant Brenda Escutia said she loved being a part of this year’s Rivers Alive volunteer project. As a small token of appreciation, each volunteer received an artistically rendered t-shirt commemorating the event.
Participants eight years of age and older spent the day transforming our beautiful and greatly treasured waterways. Gloves, safety vests, trash bags, and litter grabber sticks were also available to the hearty volunteers. The sites ranged in difficulty levels of easy and flat to off-trail and somewhat strenuous and varied between one to four miles round trip.Īll participants were directed to wear sturdy closed-toed shoes and light-weight, long pants for the challenging tasks they had agreed to take on. According to Client Relations Director Victoria Turney, the “crew” supported the Chattahoochee River and Rottenwood Creek at Paces Mill Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. There were five sites where clean-up was occurring that weekend. The office team joined in with the National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Keep Smyrna Beautiful, Keep Cobb Beautiful, Keep Marietta Beautiful, and Cobb County Water System on a drizzly Saturday morning in September to clean litter from local river banks. SM&P staff signed up for the Rivers Alive 2022 cleanup via the Georgia Rivers Alive program.
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