Hiking Nature

These events occurred on Sunday, April 4, 2010…

Every year I am amazed at how quickly and suddenly the foliage at Radnor Lake – and all over, for that matter – occurs, and hiking at Radnor Lake in the spring is a marvel to behold. It really is!
The leaves are already more than halfway out, and [...]

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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Herds of Nashville area hikers converged upon Radnor Lake this weekend, and no one wonders why: last week’s short but brutal cold snap was followed closely by a suite of spring-like days that has yet to end. This will almost certainly amount to bad news for plants tempted to bloom early [...]

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
This evening’s hike was yet another unique experience. It was fantastic! I’ll say it again: nature remains full of surprises, regardless of how often I return to the same location to hike again and again, year after year!
As I write, the movie Transformers is on. Not bad: lots of exciting action, interesting [...]

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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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The only notable experience on today’s hike at Radnor Lake was a truly close encounter with a large Barred Owl.  The only time I have been closer to an owl was two months ago: Kelly and I tread into the presence of three owls, presumably juveniles, but it was too dark to see them clearly.

With [...]

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