4/29/03
| hikers – Jack Jacobi, Wayne Miller, Steve Jordan, Bob Presley, Tony Presley, Doug Russell, Bob Thompson
Trail access Buckeye Creek near Otto, NC. Another beautiful hiking day! Clear to partly cloudy – temperature ranged from 65-80 degrees F.. (11 mile round trip) Wildflowers viewed – Trillium (Catesbys and Vaseys) , Vetch, Rue Anemone,May-apple, Shooting Stars,Bluets, Yellow Lady’s Slippers, Pink Lady’s Slippers, Bird-foot Violets, Yellow Violets, Bellwort, Serviceberry. Saxifrage – among others. Birds identified – Grouse, Pileated Woodpecker, Junco, Oven Bird, Nuthatch, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Vireo, Black and White Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager, Tuffted Titmouse. |
 Section 2 of the Bartram Trail near Buckeye Creek. |
 A great wildflower day! Yellow Lady’s Slipper! |
 Awesome views of the N.C. and GA mountains! |
 A view from Wolf Rock with Serviceberry tree blooming. |
 Our Lunch Spot. |
 A mountain man carrying firewood. |
 Our group at the trail-head.(l-r) Steve Jordan, Bob Presley, Wayne Miller, Bob Thompson, Jack Jacobi, Doug Russell, Tony Presley. |