Reflections Of The Smokies
National Trails Day Just Around The Corner! 05/02/2011
ATMC Volunteer Steve Reagan Cleaning Graffiti Off The Mt. Collins Shelter
I was very grateful to see our Smokies fare so well through the terrible storms that devestated our neighbors this week. I hope that you and your loved ones are allright! After the storm passed I enjoyed a beautiful week on the AT in the Smokies. I hope your week turned out beautiful as well.
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY is just around the corner so mark your calender. I hope to see you there!
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY is just around the corner so mark your calender. I hope to see you there!
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY
Join Us on the Trail!
ANNUAL APPALACHIAN TRAILWORK DAY
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Come celebrate the 19th anniversary of National Trails Day (15th year locally) in the Smokies on the
Appalachian Trail. Don’t miss out on this fun workday so please sign up now.
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Regional Office of the Appalachian Trail
Conservancy, and the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, are pleased to coordinate another Annual
Appalachian Work Day on National Trails Day. We invite you to participate in helping us take care of
the A.T. in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The A.T. Maintainers Committee of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club and the Appalachian Trail
Conservancy have responsibility for seeing that the A.T. and its facilities in Great Smoky Mountains
National Park are maintained on a continuing basis. With your help on National Trails Day, projects
are completed that otherwise would not be accomplished. Also, the registration fees are an important
source of funds for trail improvements in the Smokies. It’s time to register to work at this year’s event.
Postmarked by May 16th, the fee is $15.00 (After May 16th, $17.00)
Registering early helps the Crew Assignment Committee get workers placed in work groups and
increases your chance of being assigned to your hike/work preference. Workers will receive a
commemorative t-shirt and a sack lunch. See the registration form for details!
No Picnic This Year
The feedback we get from our NTD workers is that many feel the picnic is a great part of the day, but
many others prefer to head home at an earlier hour. This year we are not having the picnic because we
would like to extend the time we can stay on the trail to complete projects. During other operations
months before Trails Day we place logs on the trail for these projects and some logs have had to
remain two years because road closure last June prevented us from reaching those areas. So this year
we have quite a number of projects to complete. Perhaps we can satisfy the picnic lovers next year.
To Regester or get more information, call Holly Scott with Friends of the Smokies at (865) 932-4794 or 1-800-845-5665, or
George Ritter at (865) 483-9758.
Join Us on the Trail!
ANNUAL APPALACHIAN TRAILWORK DAY
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Come celebrate the 19th anniversary of National Trails Day (15th year locally) in the Smokies on the
Appalachian Trail. Don’t miss out on this fun workday so please sign up now.
Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Regional Office of the Appalachian Trail
Conservancy, and the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, are pleased to coordinate another Annual
Appalachian Work Day on National Trails Day. We invite you to participate in helping us take care of
the A.T. in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The A.T. Maintainers Committee of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club and the Appalachian Trail
Conservancy have responsibility for seeing that the A.T. and its facilities in Great Smoky Mountains
National Park are maintained on a continuing basis. With your help on National Trails Day, projects
are completed that otherwise would not be accomplished. Also, the registration fees are an important
source of funds for trail improvements in the Smokies. It’s time to register to work at this year’s event.
Postmarked by May 16th, the fee is $15.00 (After May 16th, $17.00)
Registering early helps the Crew Assignment Committee get workers placed in work groups and
increases your chance of being assigned to your hike/work preference. Workers will receive a
commemorative t-shirt and a sack lunch. See the registration form for details!
No Picnic This Year
The feedback we get from our NTD workers is that many feel the picnic is a great part of the day, but
many others prefer to head home at an earlier hour. This year we are not having the picnic because we
would like to extend the time we can stay on the trail to complete projects. During other operations
months before Trails Day we place logs on the trail for these projects and some logs have had to
remain two years because road closure last June prevented us from reaching those areas. So this year
we have quite a number of projects to complete. Perhaps we can satisfy the picnic lovers next year.
To Regester or get more information, call Holly Scott with Friends of the Smokies at (865) 932-4794 or 1-800-845-5665, or
George Ritter at (865) 483-9758.
Comments
Janice Brown
05/11/2011 9:10am
Checked back on your blog after not being on it for a while. So glad to hear you are a ridgerunner and get to experience with you. I enjoyed your Leconte log so much I was glad to see you continue. Thanks for taking the time to Blog.
