After Thanksgiving Day Hike

It was a cold morning for 13 hikers to meet at the Old Stone Fort Museum to start our hike. We hiked the Forks of the River Trail, the Backbone Ridge Loop Trail, and the Moat Trail. The hike was along the Duck River and the Little Duck River. A few of us stayed and enjoyed lunch at the picnic area and then decided not to hike the Chumbley Woods and Eagle Trails. Hikers were Chuck Baker, Melodie Baker, Jim Barritt, Jay Brain, Jean Breuer, Joan Hartvigsen, Alli Hurwith, Nathaniel Mann, Sara Pollard, Georganne Ross, Jan Safavi, Margie Schumacher, and Ray Schumacher.

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After Thanksgiving Day Hike - Sara

 

We had 12 hikers to participate in the day after Thanksgiving hike at Old Stone Fort Park in Manchester. This joint event with the Highland Rim chapter was led by Joan Hartvigsen. We hiked the Forks of the River Trail, Backbone Ridge Loop and the Moat Trails. The hike was nice along the beautiful Duck and Little Duck Rivers. 

Joe Campbell's son Josh and his family from Maryland were able to join us.  Hikers were Jim Barritt, Faith Bennett, Jay Brain, Joe Campbell, Josh Campbell, Kathy Campbell, Matthew Campbel, Barbara Draude, Eleanor Gilchrist, Joan Hartvigsen, Tom Hartvigsen, and Sara Pollard.

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After Thanksgiving Day Hike 2021- Sara

Old Stone Fort State Park

There were 16 hikers to brave the chilly 30-degree weather to hike the after-Thanksgiving Day hike at Old Stone Fort State Park in Manchester.  It was a beautiful day for a hike and the Duck River was flowing nicely. We ate our lunch under the pavilion in the park. 

Hikers were Jim Barritt, Jay Brain, Sharon & Joe Campbell, Barbara Draude, Michael Glennon, Chris Haislip with children Bodhi & Kryzxenna, Joan & Tom Hartvigsen, Mark Hubbard, Sue Hulit, Cindy Leech, Sara Pollard and Jan Safavi. 

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After Thanksgiving Day Hike- Sara

We had 22 hikers for the traditional after Thanksgiving Day hike at Old Stone Fort State Park in Manchester. We met at 9:00 am CT in front of the museum and started our hike along the beautiful Duck River. We hiked the Forks of the River Trail, Backbone and Moat Trails. We stopped along to see Blue Hole Falls, Big Falls and Step Falls. After the hike we had lunch in the picnic pavilion. After lunch we hiked the park's newest trail, the Chumbley Woods Trail along the Duck River. Beautiful day for a hike! Hikers were Roberta Adams, Joan Bentley, Tom Bentley, Jay Brain, Joe Campbell, Jeanne Conatser, Barbara Draude, Eleanor Gilchrist, Joe Gonzalez, Susan Gonzalez, Joan Hartvigsen, Tom Hartvigsen, Pete Jacobs, Rene Jacobs, David James, Craig McBride, Lora McBride, Susan McLaughlin, LouAnn Partington, Sara Pollard, Judith Rusciolleli, and Pat Thomas.

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After Thanksgiving Hike 2017

We had 11 hikers on our After Thanksgiving hike at Old Stone Fort Park in Manchester. We met at the museum at 9:00 am and it was a little chilly, but after we started our hike, it warmed up quickly. The Duck and Little Duck Rivers were flowing and the small waterfalls were beautiful. Perfect weather for a hike.

Hikers from our chapter were Jay Brain, Doug King, Sara Pollard and Hilda Vaughan. Anna and Fount Bertram met us at J & G Pizza in Manchester after the hike.

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After Thanksgiving Hike 2016

There were 15 hikers who participated in the annual After Thanksgiving Hike at Old Stone Fort. This was a joint event with the Highland Rim chapter.

The weather was cool to start, but otherwise a perfect day to hike. We met at the museum to begin our hike along the Old Stone Fort trail, River Fork loop, Backbone, and to the confluence of the Little Duck and Duck Rivers.  Hikers from Murfreesboro were James Herring, Mona Herring, Martin Glasser, Sara Pollard, Jan Safavi and Nabil Wakid. Anna and Fount Bertram met us for lunch at the J & G Restaurant in Manchester. 

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After Thanksgiving Hike - Sara

There were 18 hikers at Old Stone Fort for the after Thanksgiving hike November 27.  Attending from our chapter were Joan Bentley, Bill Ford, Sara Pollard and Jennifer Zahn.  Carolyn Miller, TTA President came from Crossville to attend. There was a lot of water flowing on the Duck River and the waterfalls were beautiful.  We hiked around 4 miles and then met at the J & G Restaurant in Manchester afterwards for lunch.

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After Thanksgiving Day Hike - Old Stone Fort Archaeology Park - Sara

Jennifer Zahn and I met at the Cracker Barrel to carpool from Murfreesboro to Manchester for the hike.

Joining us there from Murfreesboro were Lynn Wilson and Joan Bentley.  Temperature was 27 degrees when we started, but we warmed up quickly once we started hiking.  We started the hike behind the Visitors’ Center for a total of 4 miles.  We passed the confluence of the Little Duck River and Duck River, and spectacular waterfalls.  We had 15 hikers in all, some from Nashville, Soddy Daisy and Highland Rim chapters.  It was a wonderful hike and some hikers had lunch at the J & G Restaurant in Manchester afterwards.

Day after Thanksgiving Hike - Tony

The annual Tennessee Trails day after Thanksgiving hike at Old Stone Fort. We had sixteen people brave the early morning cold for this event and it warmed up nicely as the hike progressed. Beautiful waterfalls and lunch after at J&G Steak and Pizza near Manchester.

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Day after Thanksgiving hike - Tony

This was the annual day after Thanksgiving hike that is offered by both the Murfreesboro and Highland Rim (Tullahoma) chapters of the Tennessee Trails Association.

Usually well attended for people who despise the whole Black Friday thing and just want to spend a quality day with friends walking great trails and then......EATING afterwards.

This year we had a little early morning rain which scared a few people off. But, by the time we actually started the hike, the rain had stopped and the sun peeked out from behind the clouds for a while. We had fourteen hikers and two dogs that enjoyed the sometimes sunny sometimes cloudy hike along the Duck River and the Little Duck River that meanders around this historic place.

The rain did stop, yes-----AND THEN..it got cold. But it was still a wonderful time.

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