You are invited to participate in an easy, fun Southeastern Outings long swim and slide down a small, natural waterslide in the Turkey Creek Nature Preserve near Pinson, Alabama.  We will swim and wade in a large creek with a long, sloping waterfall in the middle of the preserve.  Please bring your picnic lunch, drinking water, swimsuit, towel and river shoes (old sneakers are fine) because we plan to swim there for some time.  You are welcome to bring various flotation devices.

Well-behaved, properly supervised children age 7 and over able to swim are welcome, but parents are responsible for all risks to their children.

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

https://photos.app.goo.gl/QeGUuDxRv6fHzVFt2

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

Note there are now four enclosed changing cubicles at the preserve’s swimming area.  Therefore you now have a choice whether to wear a swimsuit under your clothes or change into your swimwear in one of the changing cubicles at the swimming area

The pool at the bottom of the waterfall is large, safe and suitable for swimming, and you may sit in the creek at various spots and let the cooling water flow around you. Bare feet, flip-flops, slip-ons and thin-soled “beach shoes” are not acceptable!  There are shards of glass here and there at the bottom of the swimming area.  SEO people are NOT permitted to jump from the rocks into the pool as it is unsafely shallow.

Meet 10:00 a.m. at the Pinson Shell Service Station.  We pan to depart from there at 10:15 a.m.

Info: Dan Frederick, seoutings@bellsouth.net or 205-631-4680.

DIRECTIONS TO MEETING PLACE

Pinson Shell Station—6710 State Highway 79 North, Pinson, AL 35126.  From Birmingham drive to Exit 128 on I-20/I-59.  This is one exit west of the Birmingham Airport exit off I-59/I-20.  It is marked Tallapoosa Street which IS AL Highway 79.  Coming from downtown Birmingham, as you get to the bottom of the exit ramp, get in the right lane.  The ramp curves to the right and then actually merges with AL Highway 79 headed north towards Pinson.  So bear slightly to the right at the end of the ramp.  If you are coming westbound from the Birmingham Airport area to exit 128, you will make a right turn onto Tallapoosa Street at the light at the end of the exit ramp.  Regardless of the direction from which you come, STAY ON THE VERY WIDE, MAIN CITY STREET WHICH IS TALLAPOOSA STREET.  In either case, do not make any turns off of Alabama Highway 79 until you get to Pinson.  Take AL 79 about 12 miles to the traffic light in Pinson, Alabama at intersection with AL 151 and ¼ mile west of intersection of AL Highways 75 and 151 where 75 turns right going away from Birmingham towards Oneonta.   Shell service station is at far left of intersection of Alabama Highways 79 and 151.  This is 12 miles north of the Tallapoosa Street (which IS AL Highway 79) exit #128 off I-59/I-20.

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 over 250 members.  We scheduled eighty-seven events during calendar year 2019 for an average of 7 fun events per month.  We enjoy the outdoors in all seasons throughout the year.

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 most of our outings.

Thank you.