Hiking Nature

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

I very nearly blew off today’s hike at Radnor Lake. My early afternoon was a little rough; I really felt like withdrawing from the world and getting lost in a book. I started to read a bit, and the next thing I knew it was around 4:15pm and I was waking […]

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posted by Al W.

You may find this humorous. On the morning of January 28, 2008, while riding my bicycle to work as usual, I hit a deer. The deer suffered no injuries as far as I know, but I wasn’t really paying much attention to whether or not the deer was hurt, considering […]

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OK, OK. I was wrong, wrong, wrong.
Man, I owe a certain Brentwood dentist an apology! But I’ll get to that later.
Today I met Gail, another deer-counting nature lover, up on the South Cove ridge this afternoon at Radnor Lake.
Gail was sitting on a bench (the one closest to what I call the South Cove […]

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A few days ago, I’d not have believed how mild it would be today. Very nice!
I arrived at Radnor Lake a little early (1:10ish), so I walked up the road and took the spillway loop to pass the time and get a few virgin Radnor pics with my brand new digital camera, the Olympus […]

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Today, Adrian and I were between jobs for a Nashville landscaping company, and we happened to be near Radnor Lake.  Adrian has heard me talk about hiking at Radnor Lake, but having been in Nashville for only a few weeks, he has not had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful state natural area.  Until today, […]

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It sure was nice to get back on the trails with Kelly on such a beautiful day. This is the first time in a couple of weeks that Kelly and I have been able to meet at Radnor Lake for a hike. I miss the more frequent walks.
Kelly came bearing gifts: he scored a […]

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I initiated today’s hike at 6pm or so, which is about the latest one can set out and still have time to complete the whole 4.5 mile loop without worrying about gate closure. Cutting it close, I decided to do a south-side hike and stick to the South Cove loop. The weather was near perfect: […]

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This particular hike was long overdue. I have blown off my favorite pastime of late, having proffered the excuse that my part-time landscape maintenance work made up for it. It didn’t.

I watched the radar closely throughout the day, thrilled by the rain and hoping for a break in the precipitation near dusk. Weather.com’s […]

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I intended to hike the usual 4.5 mile loop, but when I noticed a slight discomfort in my right knee, I tendered that as an excuse to cut the hike short. I guess my heart wasn’t in it for some reason. I did the South Cove/South Lake loop, and I spotted five deer […]

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