Two hikes, moonshine, & grub - Rock Island, Short Mtn, Flat Rock, & Miller's Gro
- March 9 · 7:15 AM
Join your hiking pals for a full day of touring, hiking, eating, history, and music as we take on two parks, a distillery, and a southern favorite for dinner! This will be a full, twelve plus hours of fun in Middle Tennessee featuring Rock Island State Park, Short Mountain Distillery, Flat Rock Cedar Glades, and Miller's Grocery.
Proposed agenda (subject to change, shift, and in danger of continental drift):
A) 7:30 a.m. - Carpool from Target
B) 9:30 - Meet Ranger Randy Hedgepath at Rock Island, embark on a wildflower hike starting at Twin Falls Trailhead and do the Downstream Trail for two miles rated moderate.
11:30 - Depart for Short Mountain Distillery
C) 12:30 - Tour at Short Mountain and hang out and eat our lunches
1:30 - Depart for Flat Rock Cedar Glade
D) 2:15 - Hike about 3-4 miles at Flat Rock
4:30 - Depart for Miller's Grocery in Christiana
E) 5:30 - Reservations for dinner (they allow us to bring in wine) and enjoy live bluegrass/Americana music
7:00 p.m. or a bit later - Head back to Target again
F) 7:30 arrive at original carpool spot
Here's our driving route for the day: http://goo.gl/maps/LP9Sv
Please bring appropriate hiking footwear and clothing for the weather, water, a lunch to eat while at Short Mountain, and plenty of water. Also, if you know you need to be back in Nashville earlier than our agenda allows, please be prepared to drive on your own.
Do not request guests on this hike yet. Usually, but not always, very popular events do not allow guests so that as many real members can get on board as possible. However, when it comes down to the day of, there are almost always a couple of spots free for guests. If your guest can deal with a last minute add, I would say keep in contact with the trip leader and ask up through the day before if guests will be allowed. You can almost count on your guest getting in the way things go. The absolute ideal thing would be for you to have your friend sign up for the meetup themselves and add themselves to the event.
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Kelly Stewart
Please answer my one question survey about a future event at Short Mountain: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z...
March 11
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Kelly Stewart
Great day! Only SNAFUs were a couple of wrong turns driving and the fact that we only ended up doing the inner loop at Flat Rock Cedar Glade. We'll have to try Miller's Grocery another time.
March 10
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Vickie
Great day! Enjoyed the many marvelous stories from Randy, Rich and the cast of characters who went on the hikes and to dinner!
March 9
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Vickie
Great day! Lots of fun. Loved meeting new people. And listening to the moonshine stories was great. Maybe next time we can take in Miller's Grocery! Thanks Kelly for planning such a fun day!
March 9
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Elaine
I'm not going to be able to attend this event. I am recovering from the flu and haven't gotten all of my energy back. Please repeat this next month!
March 8
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Michael (Mike) Hicks
I'll be at the IHOP adjacent to the carpool for breakfast ~6:15. Feel free to join me!
March 8
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Linda Jameson
This is great, I'm really looking forward to this one. I'm coming from the Belmont/Lipscomb area if anyone want to catch a ride out with me. Zoila - yes I plan to bring wine for dinner.
March 7
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Kelly Stewart
If you're interested, hop on the wait list, Joy. Stranger things have happened!
March 6
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Kelly Stewart
Please take note because many people do not read the details of an event and are surprised the day of:
- We have five legs of driving on Saturday with a total of about 185 miles.
- These are not strenuous hikes, so if you are looking for a workout, this day is not yours.
- Arrive at the carpool spot at 7:15 a.m. with a full tank of gas (if you plan on driving), a full belly, and an empty bladder.
- Please decide ahead of time if you plan on doing dinner with the group in case I need to change our reservation numbers at Miller's Grocery.
- Bring gas money for your carpool driver.We have a very healthy wait list for this event so if you can't make it, be courteous to other members and change your RSVP as soon as possible.
Let me know if you have any questions. This will be a fun day and it looks like beautiful weather!
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Kelly Stewart
Vickie, I agree. Meet us at Rock Island and my mobile is [masked] if you need to text me.
March 5
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Vickie
Looking forward to this day of adventure. Anyone going from Murfreesboro? We can carpool. No need to go up to Antioch (LOL).
March 2
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Allison C
Hang in there, someone will have a conflict and drop out. I rarely don't get onto a hike I want; I just have to be patient.
February 11
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Kelly Stewart
Elaine, we get just as many requests for events to be posted during the day. There is not an exact schedule on when events get posted except we try not to send out too many emails in one 24 hour period. As Allison said, get on the wait list and hang in there. It is very, very rare that the entire wait list doesn't cycle through.
February 11
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Melissa
My friend was trying to RSVP for this but was having computer troubles before it was full. Is there any way he can still go?
February 11
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Kathy Marie Redwine
Dang it! Wish I could, but I have a gig. This one is right up my alley! :(
February 11
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Randy Hedgepath
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Lauren Beck
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Barry
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Allison C
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Jalana
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Steve Nunley
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Gena Leone
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Sandy Jo
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