Southeastern Outings Dayhike in the Moss Rock Preserve in Hoover

The location of the Southeastern Outings dayhike scheduled for Saturday, March 2 has been radically changed.

The hike scheduled at Porter Gap has been cancelled.  The leader is recovering from a fractured foot and is therefore unable to lead this hike.

In place of the hike to Porter Gap we have scheduled an afternoon hike in the Moss Rock Preserve.  Same day, but different place for the hike and different meeting time and place.  Here is the announcement of the replacement hike.

MARCH 2, SATURDAY, Meet 12:45 p.m.

Southeastern Outings Dayhike, Moss Rock Preserve

Details: Explore a section of a 350-acre forested park in Hoover on a moderate 3 or so hour hike with some climbing up and walking down hills on Shades Mountain.  We’ll experience the preserve’s diverse natural features which include longleaf pine forests, huge boulders, streams, grassy areas, outstanding views and several beautiful streams and waterfalls which will be running bountifully on Saturday.

Please bring water to drink.  Well-behaved, properly supervised children age seven and up able to walk the distance and complete the hike without complaining are welcome.

Please meet 12:45 p.m. at the Moss Rock Preserve Dirt Parking Lot off Preserve Parkway.  We plan to depart from there promptly at 1:00 p.m.

Well-behaved, carefully supervised children age eight and over welcome.

Note-To view photos of what we will see on this trip, please click on this link:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/lPpyQ7X4jwjQp5ag1

Please be sure to click on the link and view the photographs.

Info:  Scott Myers, 393-5230, email myers.scottv@gmail.com

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE

Moss Rock Preserve Dirt Parking Lot Off Preserve Parkway-To get to this meeting place from Hoover please drive to the Crest Cadillac dealership on U.S. 31 in Hoover about ½ mile north of the U.S. 31 interchange with I-459 near the Riverchase Galleria. At stop light directly across U.S. 31 from the Cadillac dealer turn onto Patton Chapel Road. Go 1.5 miles. See fire station on left at Preserve Parkway and turn left onto Preserve Parkway at the traffic light for Preserve Parkway.  Drive to top of the mountain.  See Village Green on the left.  Drive just past the paved parking spaces on the right of Preserve Parkway, drive past the separate paved parking lot on the right across the Parkway from the restaurant and row of businesses and finally please drive into the traffic circle or roundabout just beyond the row of offices and businesses which you’ll see on your left. Go ¼ of the way around the roundabout and then turn right off the roundabout and go up the small hill into the dirt parking lot on the right.  See sign for Moss Rock Preserve Parking at start of this drive.  Park in that dirt parking lot and meet the hike leader there.  Total distance on Preserve Parkway is 7/10 miles.

DESCRIPTION OF SOUTHEASTERN OUTINGS

Do you wish you had friends who share your active lifestyle and enjoyment of outdoor activities?  Then become active with Southeastern Outings (SEO), a nonprofit organization committed and created to serve people who enjoy being active in the outdoors.  The organization plans, organizes and leads outings such as dayhikes, easy kayak and canoe trips, stream and waterfall walks, bicycle rides, lake events and other fun activities to beautiful sites in our natural environment.  From time to time we also sponsor potluck suppers and other socials.  All events and activities of the group are open to the public.  Participating in SEO activities is a splendid, simple way to make congenial new friends who enjoy the outdoors.

NO DOGS OR SMOKING ALLOWED, PLEASE, ON ANY SOUTHEASTERN OUTINGS EVENTS.

The organization currently has 300 members.  We scheduled eighty-two events during calendar year 2018 for an average of 7 fun events per month.  We enjoy the outdoors in all seasons throughout the year.  Thirty-two people on average have participated in each hike during January 1, 2019.

SEO does not charge for participation in any of its outings.  You do not have to be a member to participate in one or two SEO activities.  Dues are only $10.  Please contact Dan Frederick, President, 205-631-4680, or seoutings@bellsouth.net for more information and to obtain three free monthly newsletters with membership application and a complete description of all our outdoor events.

Southeastern Outings now has a website.  Just go to seoutings.org to find announcements of all our upcoming outings scheduled plus some brief, general information about Southeastern Outings, a membership application and 1500 lovely photographs from several of our outings.

Thank you.