February 1st, 2012
Robert Wood, Bo Higginbottom, Ben Harmon, Ian Orford, Dennis Turnbo, Henry Williams, and John Ross joined Randy Stanfield at his cabin at Walker Cave for a cookout and some target practice, the first SCHIMBA outing of 2012. No one seemed to want to tour the cave this time.
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August 6th, 2011
Eleven SCHIMBA members and guests paddled kayaks on Upper Bear Creek today in unusually cool weather. We recovered with a late lunch at Rosies Mexican Cantina in Florence. The trip was almost delayed by a key being locked inside a truck, but a locksmith promptly came and opened the door for us. There were no [...]
May 30th, 2011
2011-05-30 schimba kayak trip on Horse Creek
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John, Richard, Dennis, and Robert Murray paddled from Ward Bridge on Horse Creek to John’s cabin. It took about four and a half hours. We saw horses, children, lots of fish, a really big deer, several Blue Herons and Wood Ducks, There were some log jams [...]
May 29th, 2011
John, Richard, and Dennis made the first official SCHIMBA Mt. Bike ride of the year to the Sugar Camp Hollow Waterfalls today. The trails and the bodies need a lot of work. Several big tops and limbs are blown down across the trail including the top of the biggest Black Walnut we have.
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May 7th, 2011
Randy had us up for a cookout at his cabin and exploring Walker Cave:
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January 14th, 2011
The 4th Annual ‘Schimba’ Celebration and prize giving. Great night was had by all, with host Doc Rogers in genuine Cowboy gear with six guns! Great night, great food, (thanks to Cindy!), great friends! Top point scorers in the 2010 Schimba contest, Richard Rogers 120, Dennis Turnbo 60, and Randy Stanfield 30, were awarded Ross [...]
October 24th, 2010
Alan joined me today for his first ride in Ross Forests. I took him on an eight mile loop to the Sulphur Spring, the waterfalls in Sugar Camp Hollow, and Rosshenge. Unfortunately he had a flat on the way back and had to jog in the last mile or two. We also ate some Persimmons [...]
September 13th, 2010
Richard, Dennis, John, Randy, and Mike spent three days and four nights camping at Mile High Campground and mountain biking on the edge of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in North Carolina. The rides were all down hill, the weather was great (except Saturday when it came a flood), there was only one accident [...]