Triangle

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.

2010

Ellerbe Creek to Dog Park	Mar. 6th			Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association		Respectful	The Brontosaur
Yet another Culture Crawl	Feb. 14th		Richard and Earl	Gabrielle, Jane, Lily, Eric		Participants in Community Day
Culture Crawl of Chapel Hill	Jan. 9th	Gathering at Foster's	Then briskly hiking up the hill to the Chapel Museum		then on to the Ackland Museum
American Tobacco Trail	Jan. 2nd	the wiki on ATT						and then to the Nantucket for lunch.

2009

Carrboro to Carolina Inn	Dec. 26th		Shubir and Jane
Trinity Park	Dec. 19th	A bittter cold hike			Linda's former home on Minerva	Trinity Park	The King's Daughters Inn	Opulent interior
American Tobacco Trail	Oct. 10th				The overarching kudzu is everywhere		Fleur, Mary and Terry
Weaver Market, Carrboro	Sept. 13th	Watching the frisbee spinning man		One Sun, world beat instrumental jazz			The great live oak there is the focal point
					This girl looks as if she could climb Mount Everest.			He's got the beat.
Cedar Falls	Sept. 5th	The group gathers	Jane leads this hike.	The falls are dry this time.	Lily and Ralph	Richard	Abbie Stuart and Nancy	Map of Cedar Falls Park, Chapel Hill
American Tobacco Trail	Aug. 22nd		Musing over the Route 66 tee	Nancy and Lily	John, Sussana, John		Randy and Linda	Print out a map of the American Tobacco Trail
Duke GC again	July 11th		Merrily showing off their Eno River tees.					Joggers  don't tread on me!
Washington Duke Golf Course	June 27th	Randy, Linda, Gabrielle		The heat drove us to turn around to avoid heat stroke.  John and Susanna did 1.5 miles.	Later at Parker and Otis	Gabrielle is off to Oxford to present a paper on Unitarian women.	Gabrielle and John discuss	Sam gets wifi!
Culture Crawl, Chapel Hill	June 20th	Ann and Earl - Hillsborough St. under construction	Please speak louder!	Susanna, Ralph, Ann, Jill		Ann focusing	New Music Building	Recently installed sign re the old south
Meredith College, Raleigh	June 6th		Ted gives us an intro to the campus.	Administration Building			Hiking to the Rt 40 bridge	Lunch at Neomonde
Washington Duke GC	May 23rd	Gathering at 10:00 am	Linda, Tom, Earl, John, Anne	New hiker Sasha				We lunch at Parker and Otis
Ackland Museum exhibition of Fine Arts Graduates	May 9th	Nick, Beth, Sussana, John, Jane	Yep, that is the Unabomber in the middle.	Later, his cabin	Young artists sketch from the originals at the Ackland.			ROTC graduates its plebes
American Tobacco Trail	May 2nd	ATT is always good when we expect rain.	Nick, Nancy and Linda	Tom, Nancy, Earl, Linda		Impish Stuart	No rains came.	Still life inside the Nantucket Grill and Bar
MATA Anniversary ATT walk	Apr. 4th	Dave lookin' like Richard Petty		Bill and Sam	Ken and ShiangTi	We do 4 miles and make it back to Tyler's pub.		Mary is Sergeant at Arms for the ceremony
		al fresco dining	Earl gets his new Walk America robe.			Our leader - promoter of bacchus and pan.		elaborate hiking hat
American Tobacco Trail	Mar. 28th		Stuart and Ted	Sam, Earl, Nick		We finish almost 4 miles...	then comes Randy and Linda, all smiles.	To the Nantucket Grill and Bar for lunch.
Washington Duke GC	Mar. 21st	On a brisk second day of Spring...	we set out to hike.	Jane & Beth	ShangTai and Nancy with Bear		Rodney gets the spirit.	Parker and Otis in Durham on Duke Street.
Chapel Hill Culture Crawl	Mar. 6th	New exhibits at the Ackland!	So MATA walks up to Chapel hill				At the Heart of Progress
		Dave tries out his new 50mm f/1.4 lens	Huck Finn, 1936 by Thomas Hart Benton		Eye in the Sky, 1997 by Tony Oursler			Walking past the gargoyles
Washington Duke GC	Feb. 21st	MATA gathers		Linda and Gabrielle lead the hike	Fleur, Mary and sister Louise		Crossing the bridge	They didn't rest long enough for us to catch our breath.
American Tobacco Trail	Feb. 14th	Dressed for Valentine's Day			Gathering momentum			We did 4 miles and then to Tyler's pub.

2008

Washington Duke GC	Dec. 27th		Working off the feasting calories		Linda and son Randy		Suzanna and John keep on truckin'.
Duke Chapel	Dec. 21st	Starting from George's Garage	Nick and Linda walking along 9th St.	Mary wanted a new group picture...	at Duke Chapel	A new Japanese structure in the Duke Gardens
Washington Duke GC	Nov. 8th	It looked like it might rain...wrong.	The NC State at Duke game was at 2:30...				But Richard, Lily, Jane, Clyde Heater,	John, Suzanne, Mary all turned up at George's Garage.
Chapel Hill Culture Crawl	Oct. 18th	Leaving Foster's	Passing a frat house	Nancy and Earl admire the pottery		Passing the planetarium	Our meeting place on Tuesday	The Ackland exhibition
Sarah P. Duke Gardens	Sept. 27th			Today, the NC Pride Parade was held on East Campus				IWGS New Waterlily Competition
Trinity Park Neighborhood	Sept. 13th			Linda and Earl lead the hike				Linda's former house on Minerva
American Tobacco Trail	Aug. 30th	...has a set of good maps of the 22 miles of trail.					Beary gets lots of attention
Duke Golf Course	Aug. 16th	We had quite a turnout today.		Nick and Jim, Beth and Linda			Husky gets a good walk.
Chapel Hill Culture Crawl	July 26th			Ackland Art Museum		Interior of Foster's Market Restaurant
Cedar Falls	July 5th	Ralph and Nancy	Earl, John and Mary	Cedar falls a raging flood after the rains.				At the overlook
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 photo journalists.
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!
Ellerbe Creek	Feb. 24th			Math and Science in the background			John even came out - red jacket
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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