[TTA-Nashville] Urgent! Waterfall tour filling up fast

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Hello, everyone, we have a hiking opportunity that can't wait for the next newsletter.  The Division of Natural Areas waterfall tour, including three short hikes, will take place on the first day of spring - March 20.  The total attendance is limited to 12 people because the Division of Natural Areas is guiding this tour to places where parking is extremely limited; they are furnishing transportation from Nashville in their van.  So, if you want to go you need to sign up immediately by contacting Roger McCoy at roger.mccoy at tn.gov or calling him at 615-532-0437.  If contacting him by e-mail (recommended, so your e-mail will be in the queue when he opens them on the next business day), please include your name, e-mail and phone number in the body of the message, preferably listing your cell #, so that you can receive a call if there is a last-minute change of plans due to severe weather.  Don't wait!  

Day-of info, Sat.,  March 20:  Plan on meeting at 9 a.m. sharp in the K-mart parking lot on Donelson Pike (for GPS or Mapquesting purposes, that's  530 Donelson Pike, Nashville, TN 37214).  Plan on bringing lunch/snacks/beverages, the usual season-appropriate layers and comfortable shoes.  Since we'll be near waterfalls, you'll want shoes with good traction.  Don't forget a camera - we'll be touring some truly scenic places.

You can read Roger's announcement of this outing at http://tn.gov/environment/na/pdf/events.pdf

 Several TTA members can personally vouch for the beauty of Cummins Falls, the largest-magnitude waterfall still in private ownership in the state of Tennessee.  The others on the tour are Waterloo Falls and Crawford Mill falls, and all three are pretty close together in Overton and Jackson Counties.  If there's time we'll get to take in Wash Morgan Hollow State Natural Area, along the Roaring River State Scenic River, which is a treasure in its own right.  Check out Tennessee's 80 State Natural Areas at http://tn.gov/environment/na/natareas/ .  

If you want more info on waterfalls, you can go to http://www.cs.utk.edu/~dunigan/landforms/ where UT prof. Dr. Tom Dunigan has a great directory that includes Tennessee waterfalls - did you know there are over 630 now listed?  A great site for picking hiking destinations  .  .  .    See on you March 20!   Nora B.

Nora Beck
nora_beck at comcast.net
615-517-6486 cell
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