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Rock and Shoals Ramble December 17 2013

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This Ramble
Report was written by Don Hunter. Don’s photo album of the ramble is here.
The photos included in this post are all Don’s.

On Tuesday,
December 17, 2013, twenty-one eager and kindred souls gathered at the Barnett
Shoals Elementary School, on Barnett Shoals Road, for a ramble through the Rock
and Shoals Natural Area, organized by Ramblers Joan and Sandra.  It was probably still in the 30’s as we all
arrived and mingled a bit at the school, enjoying hot coffee, chocolate banana
bread, cranberry bread, both still warm from the oven, and mixed fruit, all kindly
provided by Joan and Sandra.  

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Recipes from Rock and Shoals Ramble

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Yesterday’s
ramble at Rock and Shoals began and ended with homemade treats provided by Joan
and Sandra. Several people asked for the recipes and Joan kindly provided them.
Enjoy!

Cranberry
Bread

2 C flour

1 C sugar

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

3/4 C orange juice

1 Tbs. orange peel (grated from 1
large orange)

2 Tbs. shortening

1 egg

1 1/2 C cranberries (fresh)

Preheat
oven to 350. Mix flour, sugar, powder, salt and soda in large bowl.  In
another bowl, mix OJ, peel, shortening, and egg, then add to the dry
ingredients.  Stir in cranberries.  Bake in a greased 9 x 5 x 3 loaf
pan at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes.

Banana
Bread

½ C brown sugar

¼ C butter (1/2 stick)

2 eggs

1 ½ C Mashed Banana (3-4 ripe
bananas)

1 Tbs. lemon juice

2 C flour

3 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

3/4-1 C chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350.  Cream
butter and sugar.  Add eggs singly beating after each one.  Stir in
bananas and lemon juice.  Add flour, baking powder and salt.  Mix
quickly.  Fold in chocolate chips. Bake in a greased 9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan at
350 degrees for about 1 hour.

Nature Rambling photo year in review

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As all you regular Nature Ramblers know, Don Hunter has been
photographing our rambles for much of the year. I thought it would be
appropriate to have a year-in-review summary of Don’s work just to remind of us
of all the wonderful times we’ve had rambling around the State Botanical
Garden’s natural areas. Rather than picking out my favorites I’m including a link
to Don’s facebook albums home page (which has many other wonderful photos, not
just the Nature Rambles) and links to each of his individual Nature Ramblers
albums.

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SCNC Ramble Report Dec. 3 2013

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Announcements

  • ·       
    The next trail walk at Sandy Creek Nature Center (Nature Center, not the Park) will
    be on Wednesday morning, Feb. 5, 2014, at 9AM, followed by
    coffee, tea and homemade goodies. Everyone is invited! There will be no walk in
    December or January. The walks next year will be on the first Wednesday of the month. Mark your
    calendars!
  • ·       
    One of our Ramblers, Alice Woodruff, is a potter and invites all you Ramblers to her Christmas Sale open house, Dec. 7-8,
    10AM to 5PM at 35 S. Main St., Watkinsville, GA; phone: 706-207-5175.
  • ·       
    Reminder: Dale or Hugh will be happy to have
    company whenever they ramble at the State Botanical Garden this winter. They will notify all the Ramblers of
    the date and time by email. (It is likely not to be early in the morning and the
    days/times may vary, depending on weather. Think of it as a group of friends
    just spontaneously getting together. The Ramble Reports will also be on winter
    hiatus.)

Be sure to visit Don Hunter’s facebook
album to see all the photos from this walk. 

This post is written by Dale
Hoyt and Emily Carr.

We began in front of the SCNC Education and Visitor Center
with 18 people, a mixture of Nature Ramblers, newbies and folks who have
previously participated in SCNC walks. It was a wonderful turnout for a warm (for
this time of year) morning when rain was forecast.

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