Monday, August 28, 6:00 – 7:30pm, Highland Rim Chapter Potluck Dinner and Chapter Meeting. Tims Ford State Park, Picnic Shelter #1. We will begin at 6:00 pm with a potluck dinner followed by a meeting. Patty will grill hot dogs. Bring a dish to share and your own beverage. After dinner, Tims Ford Park Ranger Kelsey Garcia will present a program detailing news and updates about the Park.
Before the meeting, a 3.8-mile hike on the Old Spann House Trail will be offered. Contact Joan Hartvigsen for more information, jhartvigs@comcast.net or 931-636-2914.
Monday, July 24, 6:30 pm at Marcia Medford’s home, 112 Midway Road, Sewanee, TN. Marcia Medford has opened her home and yard for our July 24 meeting. We will begin at 6:30pm with a potluck dinner followed by a meeting/storytelling and campfire at 7:00. Bring a dish to share and your own beverage; also bring a camp chair and firewood.
A 3-mile hike on the Shakerag Hollow trail will be offered before the meeting. Contact Joan Hartivgsen for more information, jhartvigs@comcast.net or 931-636-2914.
Monday, June 26, 7:00 pm at the DW Wilson Community Center, 501 N. Collins Street, Tullahoma.
Our program will feature Bob and Laura Qualman, two of our newest members. Bob and Laura own and operate two certified tree farms in Middle and Western Tennessee where they grow stands of oak, hickory, and loblolly. They are both active in professional forestry organizations including the West Highland Rim and Elk Valley County Forestry Associations. Bob is a current board member of the TN Tree Farm Committee. Bob and Laura will discuss their tree farm operations and ongoing forestry issues and initiatives that help to keep our forests enjoyable places for our Tennessee Trails members to hike.
Before the meeting, at 5:30 pm, we will meet for dinner at La Fiesta Bar & Grill, 1410 N. Jackson Street, Tullahoma next to the Quality Inn. Please contact Joan Hartvigsen if you plan to attend dinner so I can confirm the number for our reservation. Contact Joan Hartvigsen at jhartvigs@comcast.net or 931-636-2914 for more information.
Monthly Chapter Meeting. Meet 6 p.m. CDT, at Wade Bourne Nature Center, 2308 Rotary Park Dr, Clarksville. Potluck supper. Bring your own drinks. Contact Paula Sanders 954-993-5541 or Suva Bastin 931-645-2849.
Nashville Chapter Meeting, REI Brentwood, TN, 6 PM. Florida is one of the nation’s top birding destinations. Last spring, TTA members Kevin Bowden and Danny Shelton spent a week in some of that state’s best bird watching spots- from lakes and wetlands, to seashores, to water treatment facilities. Join them as they share Danny’s photos and videos of familiar and less well-known birds while Kevin shares insights of the state where he has birded for over twenty years. And you won’t even need binoculars for this! Join us for dinner prior to the meeting at Jason’ s Deli, next to the REI, 5:00. Contact Doug Burroughs, 615-587-0085, for details.