On Saturday June 16, we traveled the course we usually take at Christmas and for the spring wildflower hike. It was fun seeing and identifying our old friends in their summer dresses and shapes. And Ben’s stories of McIntosh’s last hours, and sightings of old stills spiced the walk with other things […]
The May 2015 Walk and Talk was led by Dr. Tim Chowns and featured the history of the Appalachians as visible from McIntosh Reserve Park. Beginning with a review of the major rock families one expects to find within a mountain range, Tim took us through the dynamic process of the birthing and erosion of […]
It turned out to be a beautiful day for the Srping Wildflower hike at McIntosh. Wendell Hoomes led the group down to the river to view the lilies below Council Bluff and then along the back trails to check out what might be blossoming there. The hike was joined this […]
About 25 hikers made it to Blackjack Mountain for the March Walk and Talk in spite of our inadequate directions. At least two people failed to find us, as the park entrance is not yet clearly marked. The park is located in the southwest corner of Carroll County just at the lines of Carroll and Heard Counties and Alabama. Traveling west on HWY100 the […]
Carroll County Parks Director, Trudy Crunkleton, led the February FOMR Walk and Talk updating everyone on the progress at Moore’s Bridge Park. The fields at the park looked great as they were recently cut with a new Bobcat skid steer with mulching equipment purchased by her department. A downed tree […]
About 15 hikers enjoyed a nice sunny walk at Moore’s Bridge Park, Black Dirt Road Entrance, led by Parks Director Trudy Crunkleton. Trudy informed us that most of the work to complete the Grant contract has been completed, including a park entrance sign and gate, restroom facilities, paved parking lot, parking area for horse […]
November: The Friends of McIntosh Reserve held the November Walk and Talk in the Whitesburg Library due to the November cold spell. Sally Bethea, the Chattachoochee Riverkeeper (CRK), presented an overview of their accomplishments over the last 20 years and announced that she was retiring as executive director and Riverkeeper to […]
August: Brent Hess and Paul Jones, fish biologists with GA DNR, along with Riley Hess, 12 year old son of Brent, met us at the boat ramp at McIntosh on a cold, rainy August morning to demonstrate the “Electric-fishing” rig used to monitor the fish populations in the Chattahoochee River. Carefully […]
December: It was a perfect day for the annual Christmas Fern and Holly Hike with Eleanor and Wendell Hoomes. As usual, we had both the fast walkers led by Eleanor and the slower walkers led by Wendell. This year we had two visitors from the Douglasville Photography club, Stella Spyrou and Janet Newton, […]
December: Wendell and Eleanor led the annual Christmas ferns and holly Walk and Talk. November: The FOMR annual meeting was held at Historic Banning Mills on November 3. The featured speaker was Bruce Green, the Director of the Tourism Division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development., who discussed the potential […]
