Dallas Fanning Nature Preserve, Huntsville, AL (video)

https://youtu.be/IPetZ7iaAGI The new Dallas Fanning Nature Preserve, Huntsville, AL. I hiked the one mile Steve Fowler Loop Trail later in the day after the ceremony, finding lots of fungi, blackberries and an interesting mix of wetlands and woodlands. It's great to have more places to explore on the west side of Huntsville. Hope you enjoy...

Couchville Cedar Glades State Natural Area, TN (video)

https://youtu.be/rhxHMbuMDCE A one mile loop around the Tyler Sykes / Cedar Glade Loop Trail at the Couchville Cedar Glades State Natural Area. June is a perfect time to go, as the Tennessee Coneflowers, endemic to just the cedar glades in central Tennessee are in full bloom. There's quite an array of other wildflowers here as...

Dallas Fleming Nature Preserve Opening Ceremony, Huntsville, AL 7/1/20. (video)

https://youtu.be/3--lr74uU1Y From today’s rainy grand opening of the Dallas Fanning Nature Preserve, the newest nature preserve in Huntsville, and one of the few areas on the west side of town to hike. We didn’t get to do the hike because of heavy rain, but I always enjoy attending these events. More photos after work...

Birdsong & Shoreline Trail, Bledsoe Creek State Park, TN (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ElCcKdZnXo A nice walk along the shore of Old Hickory Lake at Bledsoe Creek State Park, TN. I explored half of the Shoreline Trail, and then took the paved Birdsong Trail down to where it ends, passing a covered bridge, lots of deer, and a number of other wildlife. It was a great little adventure!...

Shoreline Trail, Old Hickory Lake, Bledsoe Creek State Park, TN (video)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/yzkMq3vq0K0 A couple mile loop hike along the shoreline trail and High Ridge Trails, enjoying the views of Old Hickory Lake and numerous birds and a few deer. Bledsoe Creek State Park is a small park in Tennessee, but a wonderful little place just outside of Nashville, TN. #bledsoecreek#hiking#statepark If you like, please subscribe! Hit...

Hidden springs of Barren Fork Creek, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, AL 4/10/20

Trails: no trails Length: 2 miles VIEW PHOTO GALLERY I first visited Barren Fork Creek last year on my birthday, exploring by kayak upstream about a quarter of a mile to an island (and nearly losing my hat in the process). My original intentions were to go another half mile roughly upstream to see a...

“The Boy Scout Trail”, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, AL 4/1/20

Trails: an unofficial trail, sort of Length: 0.75 miles VIEW PHOTO GALLERY I first came across this spot over a decade ago, just a small pull off on a busy road that borders the refuge. Research on it has a Madison boy scout troop listed as those who maintain it, but that hasn't been done...

“The Boy Scout Trail”, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, AL (video)

https://youtu.be/PqTegzo4CT4 A former boy scout trail off trail in Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, AL. I followed it for the short distance I could and then just wandered the woods, looking for what else I could find, enjoying the scenes along the way. If you like, please subscribe! Hit the bell to get notifications for new...

50 Years of Earth Day…

Hard to think it's been 50 year since Senator Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes set into motion a movement of supporting environmental protection that's grown to what it is today. (though it was '69 when John McConnell first proposed a day to honor the earth at a UNESCO conference. I almost always spend it by...