**Meet the Officers Newcomer Hike at Vickery Creek

Come and meet your AOC Officers for 2015 - - Joyce, John, and Ann - - while we walk the beautiful trails of Vickery Creek. This is your opportunity to see what the AOC is all about and to ask questions in a friendly environment.  The hike will be restricted to members who have 5 or fewer hikes . . .  true newcomers to the club.  You need have no fear that you will be the only one whose hiking boots are still "green!"  We will be there to give you tips on the AOC and to answer all of the questions you might have about our group. And you'll make friends with some wonderful members with whom to share future hikes!

We'll walk at a leisurely pace so that we can talk and easily move back and forth among the group. We'll stop to see points of interest and allow photo opportunities for those with cameras. There are some hills at Vickery Creek, but we'll take them slowly and regroup as necessary.  We won't be in a hurry, and we won't leave anyone behind!

Registration for this hike will be different from customary registrations. We'll open registration immediately, and close it a week before the hike. All registrants (except the officers) will automatically be placed on the waiting list.  This is so that we can assure that only newcomers make the active list. The weekend before the hike, the top 17 newcomers with 5 events or fewer will be moved to the active list. We will send a confirmation email to those who made the hike.  (If newcomers drop during the week after the list becomes active, we'll add additional newcomers in the order of their registration.) 

We'll gather in the parking lot at the end of Mill Street.  We'll start the hike at 10 am, so please arrive at least 10 minutes early to us the bathroom, meet the other members, and pose for a group photo before we start.

Trail map:  http://www.nps.gov/chat/planyourvisit/upload/TrailMapVickery.pdf

We are meeting at the trailhead behind the shops of Roswell Mill. It is where Hwy 9 (S. Atlanta St) and Hwy 120 (Marietta Hwy) intersect. When you turn in to the shopping center (from either direction) you will be on Mill St. ... continue, take a right on to Mill St which will dead end in to the parking lot.

Lon/Lat: 
34.013938, -84.359337

Physical address:
1-80 Mill St
Roswell, GA 30075

There is a bathroom facility at this location.  Please allow time to use it prior to the hike.

Trail Map:  http://www.nps.gov/chat/planyourvisit/upload/TrailMapVickery.pdf