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Here are some of our recent activities; Earl Smith usually guides hikes in the area around the University of North Carolina (Monday nights) but we have other members who help when they know the area especially well.  Linda Vanaman usually guides us around the Duke University campus, a place she has a great affection for since she is a graduate of that esteemed college.

2008

Sarah P. Duke Gardens
June 28th
Starting out
Suzanna and Jane crossing the new bridge in the Japanese garden
John takes on the gardens
On the bridge
Sister Louise admiring Magnolia blossom
Lake Johnson, Raleigh
May 31st
Pedal boats and fishermen
Are we ready?
Crossing the boardwalk
Hal and Eileen
Tom's picture of a  copperhead
Above the dam
Washington Duke Golf Course
May 3rd
New hiker, Pat
Lots of laughing going on
Details of the new wetland area
East Campus of Duke University
Mar. 29th
Mary with new pup, "Fleur"
Dressing for bad weather
We had planned to walk the Duke Gardens but the drizzle turned into rain.
American Tobacco Trail to Martin Luther King Blvd.
Mar. 15th
Gathering at Sutton Station, Geneva Rd. at Fayetteville
Overtaking lone hiker
Durham Park Locator
American Tobacco Trail in Durham, Chatham and Wake Counties
Lake Johnson, Raleigh
Mar. 1st
Boat rentals
Linda, Nancy & Gabriel
The wind picked up on the dam.
City of Raleigh | Lake Johnson Park
DaLat Oriental Restaurant - Vietnamese and Chinese Cuisine
American Tobacco Trail at Souper!Salad!
Feb. 9th
Suzan and Marvin
We turn around at Julliette Drive
Tobacco Trail Bicycle Rentals, Durham, NC
The bike rental place was just one more drive away at Solite Park.
Chapel Hill Culture Crawl
Jan. 25th
Thankfully, not a windy day.
Ackland features UNC photojournalists.
Bolin Creek to the Community Center
Jan. 12th
Crossing the bridge
Meeting friends
Recreation Center Info

2007

Duke Golf Course
Dec. 29th
New hikers - Hal and Nancy
by the aquaduct
The long awaited rains greened up the greens
Hailing the meetup.com group
Mary discovers a crawdad out of water
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Nov. 24th
A really cool day - 41°F
Homeless warming in the sun
Strolling around East Campus
New hiker, Pat, on the left
Walking down to the fish pond
Group picture
NC Botanical Gardens
Nov. 17th
Brilliant fall colors this day!
Gabriel and Earl
Suzie climbs the steps
John Randall
Precious leads
The NCBG raises funds this day to purchase the Stillhouse Bottoms.
Duke Golf Course
Sept. 2nd
Duke played UCONN today but parking was not a problem.
Getting ready to tailgate party
Devils Illustrated
Exploris and IMAX Theater, Raleigh
Aug. 11th
Mahatma Ghandi still walking
Entrance to IMAX
Young boy and mom enjoying water play
These kids really got into the music.
Photo op
Magnifying Moore Square
Walking across Moore Square
ArtSpace and Vic's Restaurant
Very sculptural - reminded me of William Blake
Inspired work in textured steel
And then we met the artist.
Catherine Thronton, Nancy's sister-in-law!
Nancy and Liliana appreciating the art
Enjoying the German beer
Ready for the strombolis
Chapel Hill Culture Crawl
July 28th
Musing on the log cabin on Hillsboro St.
New exhibit - 1913 model T
Going along Franklin Street
Nancy and Earl in a hurry
"In this t-shirt dwells a phenomenon"
Nasher Museum of Art for Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova and Robin Rhode
July 14th
Earl's 3rd Route 66 tee
Nancy and Mary
Leslie and Mary

Leaving the Nasher
Duke Slogan
Back is equally interesting.
Washington Duke GC
July 7th
Crossing over the bridge
Pink is the color of the day.
Location maps for the Al Buehler Cross Country Trail
Memorial plaque
Linda joins us for lunch, flanked by Thomas and Jack
George's Garage has a web page.
Duke Gardens
June 23rd
Earl and Nancy just back from Route...
Gathering in front of George's Garage
Paula
East Campus
Gorgeous Lotus
In the Japanese Garden
Debbie
Cedar Falls
June 16th
The morning air was cool.
Jane leads the hike.
Maryann and Beth
The falls are but a trickle today.
New Hope Creek Bottomlands Trail
June 2nd
Starting out near the ball field
Ted just back from a hike up Kiliminjaro
Don, Lydia, Sheryl and Alex Mika
Exploring the creek bottom as empty as I've ever seen it.
Alex learns about survival food - catbrier!
Chapel Hill Culture Crawl
May 26th
Uphill from Foster's Market
we pass a frat house
to get to the Chapel Hill Museum.
The Irascibles exhibit is about to close...
at the Ackland.
Tour of Historic Durham
May 12th
Bill Triplett is our guide.  He has now joined the MATA group.
We start in front of the Farmers Market pavillion.
Stroll over to the Durham Bulls ball park
We learn of the black sheep in the...
Duke family.
Sarah P. Duke Gardens, St. Patrick's day
March 17th
Brilliant day, smiling faces, good company!
Group picture
Japanese bridge
Linda admires Chinese Tea Olive
Washington Duke Golf Course
Mar. 2nd
Little hiker Ava, Linda's granddaughter, joins us.  She didn't just walk, she jogged.
Elaine with her bulldog
Beth helped while I took pictures.
For a while, Ava rode and ate her goldfish.
I'm having fun!
Ackland Art Museum
Jan. 21st
Linda and I went to the opening of Fashioning the Divine
Just for the record this is the tomb of William Hayes Ackland.
Linda admiring a frieze
...and the entertainment
Chapel Hill Culture Crawl
Jan. 20th
Joan and Darrah heading up Columbia St.
Waiting for the B group
Arriving at the Ackland Art Museum
Admiring African masks
Musing over Atul Dodiya, India's most acclaimed artist
A really large turnout that took time to admire.
Fashioning the Divine exhibit starts tomorrow at 1:00 pm with music and wine.
Then on to the Chapel Hill Museum...
for the Alexander Julian exhibit.
Jane, Joy and John
A Chapel Hill boy makes it big in the textile world.
Alexander Julian: Retrospective 30 Years of Uncommon Threads

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