Fri, Apr 27 2012 - Hiking, Paddling & Camping Weekend at Beautiful Dauset Trails + Optional Mtn Biking (View Original Event Details) Trip Leader(s): Courtney H, Charlie Cottingham Participants: Charlie Cottingham, Courtney H, Tom H, Lee Wilschek, John C, cliff j, Lorri, Jackie Ernst, Dennis K, Laura, T. Hunter, M. Hunter, Gloria, Kevin, Dave R, Linda F, Chris Kelcourse, Joyce, Joe Baiyor, Dot Rogers, Alan, Allston, Robin, G.S., Mike H, Chris H

Write Up:
  Let's hear it for Dauset Trails!  Our friendly and fun-loving group of AOCers had a blast there all weekend, with weather that could hardly have been any more perfect.  Newcomers were quick to agree what a marvelous place the Nature Center is, made even more special by being just an hour south of Atlanta.
  Our group really hit it off well together! - Thanks for everyone's enthusiastic participation in our group hikes, mountain bike rides, canoeing & kayaking floats on the lake, orienteering, Indian Springs car caravan, Friday night campfire and Saturday night lakeside "stargazing social."   We esp. want to thank my friends and trip co-leaders, Courtney and Tom Harjung, who organized special excursions and boating sessions and made sure that everything went even better than we had hoped for.  We were wowed by everyone's delicious and bountiful contributions to our meals and refreshments all weekend.  Everyone pitched in impressively with food prep, serving & cleanup, and with making sure that we left our dining, camping and lakefront area even cleaner than we had found it.
  We jointly took hundreds of fantastic photos over the weekend including shots of dozens of amazing wild critters and the colorful lotus blossoms at full bloom on the Nature Center's lotus pond.  Thanks in advance to those of you who have promised to share your links to your online photo albums.  I'll be glad to post them below as I receive them so please email those links to me at Cott4Treks@aol.com.  I also welcome your individual humorous (or otherwise?) trip anecdotes which I'll be glad to add to this archival event writeup.  Note that you can retrieve our original event announcement article by clicking on "View Original Trip Details" above this archive.
  I look forward to our next AOC weekend at Dauset Trails, Friday September 28 through Sunday Sep 30, 2012.  I've again reserved their lakeside camping area, dining pavilion and boats exclusively for the Club's use.  Mark your calendars and expect to see my online AOC announcement article for the trip sometime in August, with signups beginning about September 1st.

-Posted by Trip Coordinator & Co-Leader Charlie Cottingham, Apr 30, 2012

PERSONAL TRIP ANECDOTES:
Dave Roth:  "...Thought it was cool that Gintas is a Lithuanian working in America for a Japanese company (Toshiba) - truly a Global club we are!

CLICK on our ONLINE PHOTO LINKS BELOW!  Thanks to our talented photographers for sharing these great shots from the trip! (To be added here as they are received):

LORRI MEYER's Picasa album (added Apr 30): https://picasaweb.google.com/115116507155383750859/AOCDausetTrailsApril2012?authkey=Gv1sRgCKSqwZCT8Nm0XA&feat=email#5737312390437343474

TROY & MONICA HUNTER's PhotoShop album (added Apr 30):  http://www.photoshop.com/users/TeamHunter

GLORIA & KEVIN BERGER's Google album (added May 1):  https://plus.google.com/photos/112302386013713796760/albums/5737403717187362113?authkey=CM21yYfd4qKXdw

JACKIE BUCHANAN's Picasa album (added May 6):  https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=113453563468182765481&target=ALBUM&id=5738132373397146801&authkey=Gv1sRgCNLpgInni-G8Ig&feat=email

ALLSTON KENDALL's Facebook album (added May 7):
http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.3893264216842.2170167.1436142292&type=3

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