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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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Moss season
Misty morning fog evaporates into crisp daylight. A good day for a walk. Dog and I veer off-trail, down-slope, and find a rivulet to follow. On either side the land rises sharply but at the bottom, rivulet becomes braided stream, with sections disappearing, reappearing, disappearing again into a wide flat section of boggy bottom land. The air smells deeply sweet. Bright green moss carpets rocks, stumps, and fallen trees. A piece of trash emerges here and there, sad testimony to an old neighborhood tradition of dumping refuse into any available gully. This is black bear habitat; I rarely venture to this place in summer months, but on this fine winter day it is paradise, discovered. ~K
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Gimme some water, clean clean water!
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SPECIAL EVENTS
WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
February 24-28
Join the loon research team and loon lovers from all over the US for this exciting citizen scientist opportunity on Lake Jocassee, sponsored by Jocassee Wild Outdoor Education.
1st SUNDAY EXPEDITION w/ Patrick McMillan
BOOK A PRIVATE JOCASSEE LAKE TOUR TODAY!
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WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
EVERY WEDNESDAY TOUR
January 27: 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Book Now!
EVERY SATURDAY TOUR
EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TOUR
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January on Jocassee
STATE PARK EVENTS
Oconee Station State Historic Site
January 1-December 31
Saturdays & Sundays: 1:00-5:00 PM
Originally a military compound and later a trading post, this Historic Site offers both recreational opportunities and a unique look at 18th and 19th century South Carolina.
This old hemlock has stood as silent witness to William Richard's House at Oconee Station for hundreds of years. Just imagine the stories it could tell!
Upstate Hiking and Outdoor Adventures
January 27: 9:30 AM-1:30 PM
Hike 7ish miles with a pack to prepare for backpacking. Bring as heavy or as light as you want. Bring lunch and plenty of water.
GNHA Hiking Club
February 1: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Hike the Palmetto Trail from Table Rock SP to the Long Ridge connector trail. We’ll have lunch at the petroglyphs; short distance to the Foothills Trail and return.
GNHA Hiking Club
February 1: 8:30 AM-4:00 PM
Starting at the Ranger Station we’ll hike upstream on the Jones Gap Trail, visiting Jones Gap Falls, and then continue to Dargan’s Cascade.
Dargans Cascade, photo by Brenda J Wiley
Women Trailblazing the Carolinas
February 1: 9:30-11:30 AM
Tri-County Adventure Group
February 1:10:00 AM-1:00 PM
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
Jocassee Valley Brewing Company
February 1: 4:00-8:00 PM
Music, oysters and beer come together for a great community restoration project!
Sierra Club South Carolina
February 1: 6:30-9:30 PM
Please join us for the opportunity to thank the environmental supporters and legislators being awarded for their dedication to conservation.
Sierrans hard at work!
SC Botanical Garden Events
January 28: 5:45-7:15 PM
Join naturalist James Wilkins each month and experience the sights, sounds and sensations of nature at night.
Explore Youth Field Trip options at
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THIS WEEK ON LAKE JOCASSEE
JANUARY 27, 2020
Waiting on the sun. That’s what I’ve doing this rainy and cold week. I try to remember that winter is the recharge time for the entire Savannah River watershed and therefore accept all this rain and cold with a sense of grace born of understanding, but I can only take it for so long. Lots of my neighbors have headed south for Florida, and I don’t blame them a bit. There’s fewer snakes and alligators there this time of year, for one thing. But the sun is out this fine Saturday, as it is predicted to be tomorrow, so I reckon I’ll stay a while longer. After all, the loons think this is far enough south. I think I’ll take a long walk with Mica, who simply does not take no for an answer, and a row towards the end of the day, maybe finding a nice raft of loons to join. That sounds like a fine way to spend the day, doesn’t it, on this battered yet beautiful earth. ~B
FEBRUARY
STATE PARK EVENTS
Gorges State Park
February 8: 10:00 AM
Table Rock State Park
February 8: 2:00-6:00 PM
Table Rock State Park
February 15: 8:30-10:30 AM
Devils Fork State Park
February 15: 1:00-2:00 PM
Sadlers Creek State Park
February 22: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Gorges State Park
February 22: 2:00
GNHA Hiking Club
February 15: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
February 16: 12:00-6:00 PM
Women Trailblazing the Carolinas
February 22: 2:00-5:00 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
February 23: 10:00 AM-4:30 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
February 23: 12:00-5:00 PM
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
SCUMS
February 3: 6:00-9:00 PM
Hagood Mill Foundation
February 8: 12:00-2:00 PM
Lake Conestee Nature Park
February 14: 7:00-10:00 PM
Greenville County Bird Club
February 15: 8:00-10:30 AM (Shorter Walk)
February 15: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Longer Walk)
Foothills Trail Conservancy
February 15: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Holly Springs Center
February 15: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Hagood Mill Foundation
February 15: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
SCNPS
February 18: 7:00-8:30 PM
Mushroom Mountain
February 19: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Holly Springs Center
February 21: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
SC Botanical Garden Events
February 7: 9:00 AM
February 15: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
February 20: 4:00-5:30 PM
February 22: 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
BORROWED GLIMPSES
Restorative burn at the SC Botanical Gardens
Woodland snail photo by Charlotte Morley
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DID YOU KNOW?
Nearly 1/3 of a snail’s daily energy goes into mucus production, which is filled with antioxidants and regenerative properties.
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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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Phone: 864-280-5501
PLEASE CALL 864-280-5501 AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS!
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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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Your Portal to Paradise!
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Lake Jocassee
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