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Greetings!
Welcome to the Blue Wall Weekly, your source for what's going on outside along the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment. Feel free to share your own photos, videos, and adventures along the Blue Wall by sending them to the email address at the bottom of the page, and we'll do our best to make you (locally) famous!
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Sound
Birds—scores of birds—jostle and rustle in restless movement within a thicket of cabbage palms. Cawing, chattering, chirping, whistling and warbling, with an occasional screechy squawking, these birds appeared to be intoxicating themselves on the heavy clusters of small fruits. They paid no mind to the passing of human and dog, at first, then swooped with one movement out of the trees and around, around and away. The beating of so many wings was near and large like the whap-whap-whap of small helicopters, and they circled and went right back into the trees, and their feast. ~K
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The Gulf Coast palmetto thicket
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SPECIAL EVENTS
WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
JOCASSEE WILD CHILD WINTER ADVENTURE!
FISHING ADVENTURES WITH CAPT. ZACH
CALL OR BOOK ONLINE
TO RESERVE SEATS
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WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TOUR
PRIVATE TOURS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE!
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Capt. Zach's catch of the day on Lake Jocassee! Jan. 16, 2021
STATE PARK EVENTS
Oconee Station State Historic Site
January 1-December 31
Thursdays-Sundays: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The Oconee Connector Trail on the trail to Station Cove Falls connects Oconee Station to Oconee State Park. This trail is approximately four miles long and gains or loses 800 feet in elevation.
...almost halfway there!
GNHA
January 23: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
We will hike from the old Civitan camp up to Lake Wattacoo, then on to Oil Camp Creek Trail, over the ridge down to Oil Camp Falls and back.
Falls above Lake Wattacoo
Photo by Jim Fowler, Hikescape.org
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
SCNPS
January 19: 6:30-8:00 PM
The Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) seeks to integrate research, consultation, and education, along with the administration of grants, to create innovative solutions to address the multitude of complex issues facing Southeastern grasslands, the most imperiled ecosystems in eastern North America. Join Dr. Dwayne Estes, executive director of the SGI for the meeting via Zoom.
SC Botanical Garden Events
More Events Coming Soon!
Sabal palmetto at the SCBG
JOCASSEE WILD CHILD
WINTER EXCURSION!
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THIS WEEK ON LAKE JOCASSEE
JANUARY 18, 2020
Trout fishing on Jocassee has finally made its turn for the better. After July the trout fishing slows considerably due to warm water temperatures. The trout have now become more aggressive and have moved back up into the upper water columns. We are using downriggers to target both rainbow and brown trout between the surface and 50' feet. Mostly using spoons to troll and occasionally dead drifting live bait. The annual stocking has happened on Jocassee this year, so be prepared to catch a few small "stockers" and a few species of bass as well.
Our latest outing was one to remember. As soon as we launched the boat the snow began... the first snow of the year. We started our first run of the day and could see heavy snow starting on the higher peaks around the lake. When you are from the south snow is always a welcome sight. Beyond that we netted 3 nice bass and a 5lb brown trout while it continued to snow. Nothing brings me peace like being on the water. Couldn't have asked for better day. ~Zach Maddox
JLT guide and fishing guru Zach Maddox
COMING SOON!
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
Western NC Backpackers
January 30-31: 8:00 AM-3:00 PM
GNHA
February 6: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
GNHA
February 6: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
GNHA
February 7: 9:00-11:00 AM
GNHA
February 7: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
Foothills Trail Conservancy
January 30
Trail Maintenance
SC Botanical Garden Events
February 4: 4:30-5:30 PM
BORROWED GLIMPSES
Exploring is fun when you're a
Jocassee Wild Child!
Join us, and discover how much fun being outdoors can be!
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DID YOU KNOW?
South Carolina's state tree, the Sabal palmetto, is really a grass. Palm trees, of which more than 2,000 species exist, are grouped botanically with grasses, sedges, bamboo, grains, lilies, onions, and orchids. In fact, as it turns out, a palm tree has more in common genetically with turf grass or corn than it has with an oak tree!
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ABOUT THE BLUE WALL
Spanning three states (North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) and encompassing 859,000 acres, the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment, known as the 'Blue Wall' by Native Americans, contains some of the highest natural diversity of rare plants and animals found anywhere in the world.
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www.JocasseeLakeTours.com
info@jocasseelaketours.com
Phone: 864-280-5501
Jocassee Lake Tours Depart from the Main Dock at Devils Fork State Park
PLEASE CALL 864-280-5501 AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS!
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Enjoy this Lake Jocassee peaceful hideaway.
CAMP GLAMP!
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Love Jocassee? Help protect and preserve the beauty of Lake Jocassee and the Jocassee Gorges by joining FOJ!
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.png) Visit Oconee Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Your Portal to Paradise!
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Lake Jocassee
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Lake Keowee
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