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The Bartram Trail Sandy Ford Road to Laurel Branch February 20, 2007 This week, we hiked on the Bartram Trail from Sandy Ford Rd. to Laurel Branch plus the short side trail to Dick’s Creek Falls. An out and back hike of 11 miles. HIKERS – Melissa Anderson, John Bellamy, June Bellamy, Phil Brownrigg, Bill […]

The Panther Creek Trail February 13, 2007 This week, we hiked on the Panther Creek Trail from the southern terminus near Yonah Dam to the Panther Creek Falls.This is about 7 miles round-trip. HIKERS – Jeff Anderson, Melissa Anderson, John Bellamy, June Bellamy, Wayne Miller, Bruce O’Connor, Jeanne O’Connor, Dan Ross, Doug Russell, Bob Thompson.

The Stoneplace Trail February 6, 2007 This week, we hiked in the Tallulah Gorge State Park on the Stoneplace Trail to Tugalo Lake.This trail is almost 10 miles round trip and is a nice walk over old roadbeds to the Stoneplace Boat Ramp. HIKERS – John Bellamy, June Bellamy, Phil Brownrigg, Dick Metzgar, Wayne Miller,

The Broad River Trail January 30, 2007 This week, we hiked the Broad River Trail from start to finish and back. This is a very nice hiking trail in the Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The trail is well-maintained and is designated for foot travel only and is a point

Bartram Trail – Bob Gap to Big Rock January 23, 2007 This week, we returned to the Bartram Trail in Rabun Co. GA and hiked out-and-back from Bob Gap to Big Rock. Three of our hikers (John Ray, Dick Metzgar and Pom Sinnock) did trail maintanence work on this section today and hiked point to

Currahee Mountain and Leatherwood Creek – GA January 16, 2007 This week, we hiked to the summit of Currahee Mountain near Toccoa, GA from highway 184. Next, we hiked the Leatherwood Creek Loop on the Frady Branch Trail System. Total Hike 6.5 miles. HIKERS – Jack Jacobi, Dick Metzgar, Wayne Miller, Donna Presley, Tony Presley,

Lake Russell Trails – GA January 9, 2007 This week, we hiked on the Lake Russell Trails in the Lake Russell Recreation Area near Cornelia, GA. We hiked the Lake Russell Loop Trail (4.6 miles) and the Sourwood Loop Trail (2.7 miles) and a connector between the two loops. Total Hike 8 miles. HIKERS –

Rainey Mountain – Bartram Trail – GA January 2, 2007 This week, we hiked on the Bartram Trail from Warwoman Dell (east of Clayton, GA) to Rainy Mountain and beyond to an unnamed mountain. We also did the side trail out to Big Rock which overlooks Camp Rainey Mountain and Lake Toccoa. HIKERS – John

Leatherwood Creek – Roman’s Den, near Toccoa, GA December 26, 2006 This week, we hiked on the Leatherwood Creek Trail west of Toccoa, Georgia in the Lake Russell Wildlife Management Area. We mainly explored historical sights in the area. We visited the Roman’s Den which is a cave originally consisting of three rooms. The cave

Bartram Trail from Hale Ridge Road to Rabun Bald – GA December 19, 2006 This week, we hiked on the Bartram Trail in the top edge of Georgia just south of the NC line. We hiked from Hale Ridge Road at the Bartram Trail crossing southward to Georgia’s 2nd highest mountain peak, Rabun Bald (elevation