September 27th, 2009
John, Richard, Dennis, and Harrison rode to the two waterfalls in Sugar Camp Hollow. The flood rearranged several bridges, and took one over the waterfall, but the big bridge over Horse Creek was undamaged ( a tribute to the re-builder Pat Riley). We found several good fossils including a nice trilobite.
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August 2nd, 2009
John, Richard, Dennis, Randy, Andrew, and sons returned to Bear Creek for kayaking. It was the maiden trip for the SCHIMBA wagon (Whale), which made it thanks to Andrew’s new diesel powered Suburban. On the way home John, Richard, and Dennis stopped at Dismals Canyon to explore the paths and rocks and see the outlaw [...]
July 30th, 2009
It seems like we have not been very active lately, but here is a map of some of our July bike rides. The one in yellow was the 6.4 mile ride yesterday to the Table Rock Trail.
Here are some pictures of this month’s rides also:
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April 21st, 2009
The SCHIMBA wagon was taken to the painter today and is almost ready for its shakedown adventure. Here are some before and after photos:
March 28th, 2009
Schimba members and friends celebrated their March birthday’s with a party at Richard’s lodge Friday Night. A good time appeared to have been had by all:
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March 10th, 2009
March 10 Mt. Bike Ride, John, Richard and Emily:
March 8 wildflowers, beaver work, and mushrooms:
Five mile ride to the Holt Cemetery and Worley Bottom:
March 7 Schimba wagon update:
March 4 wildflowers:
March 1 snow pictures:
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March 10th, 2009
The Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act of 2007, designates a safe passing zone of three feet for motor vehicles when overtaking a bicycle on the roadway and classifies violation as a Class C misdemeanor.
Here is a link to a web page about this new law:
The Tennessee 3 Feet Law
January 18th, 2009
Richard, Randy, and John rode 10.6 miles up the dirt road to Sunset Point and then to the hill formerly known as Cookses, on to the Airport Road gate and returned on the dirt road to the trail on the Young-Welch boundary and down the Sugar Camp Hollow singletrack back to the Cabin. We stopped [...]
January 14th, 2009
Today Richard, Randy, and John rode 8 miles up Sugar Camp Hollow to the culvert, the Table Rock Trail to English Creek, crossed at Slick Rock Ford and returned by the Bone Breaker to Sugar Camp Hollow. Moving time 2 hours, 4 minutes. 35 minutes stopped. Total Ascent 685 feet. Temperature 50 degrees. Incidents: John [...]