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Post by Angela on May 6, 2014 17:41:35 GMT -5
June Explore The Trail Ride and Picnic (there will be live music this year!)
What: Ride and picnic celebrating National Trails Day
Where: Long Cane Horse Trail
When: Saturday, June 7th meet at 10:00 the ride starts at 10:30 - picnic follows
This ride/picnic can be cancelled due to weather or trail conditions so please check the website prior to leaving for the event! sorbacsra.org
We need a count of people interested in joining us for this ride/picnic so we can plan for food so we will be posting a Survey Monkey poll shortly to make it easy to sign up for this event!
The Long Cane Horse Trail is near Greenwood , SC allow about an hour and 30 minutes from Augusta . Meet at 10:00am at the Fell Horse Camp (directions to follow). We will be serving lunch (hamburgers, hotdogs and sides) at shortly after noon at the pavilion at the Fell Horse Camp. Members and non-members are welcome!
This trail system is a great flowing trail cut through varying terrain - tremendously fun and well worth the drive! You can easily put in 14 miles but many do the entire 25!
Even if you have not ridden this trail before, please join us, the Greenwood SORBA-CSRA members are always fantastic hosts and they do an excellent job of maintaining this trail which makes it an even better ride. We will have some ride leaders and people sweeping and with the various ride options available (short and long), everyone should have a great time.
Please sign up here if you plan to join us for the National Trails Day cookout, we will do a drawing at the cookout for a certificate for a Thomson seatpost or stem for attendees who sign up by Tuesday, June 3rd and attend the event!
Sign up for the cookup right here!!!
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Post by Angela on May 7, 2014 21:20:18 GMT -5
We didn't have this ride and cookout in 2013 because we had to rally the volunteers to do a big maintenance project on the Hickory Knob Lakeview Loop but here are a couple of pics from the 2012 event! sorbacsra.proboards.com/post/21106 |
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Post by Angela on May 17, 2014 8:00:50 GMT -5
Please sign up here if you plan to join us for the National Trails Day cookout, we will do a drawing at the cookout for a certificate for a Thomson seatpost or stem for attendees who sign up by Tuesday, June 3rd and attend the event! www.surveymonkey.com/s/87KLQCB |
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Post by brianW on May 17, 2014 9:37:48 GMT -5
Long Cane may be the best kept riding secret in the CSRA. Only rode there once and could not believe how awesome the trail was. Did about 28 miles that day. Planning on being there. Would also be interested in an earlier start to do either ride the outer loop or a figure eight.  The "Antelope" with a Long Cane paint job |
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Post by Angela on May 17, 2014 12:40:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the reminder Brian - this ride/cookout will not take place if it is raining or if the trail is not in decent condition. There were definitely some areas that were way too mucky during the 2012 ride. We will be posting updates on the forum!
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Post by emac on May 27, 2014 9:23:59 GMT -5
As of now, the trail is in awesome shape, we have been doing a lot of mowing and lopping.
In the words of BV. "Its a big cookie buffet!"
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Post by Angela on May 29, 2014 18:04:09 GMT -5
That is great news, hopefully the weather will hold and the trail conditions will be great for our National Trails Day ride and cookout! Just as a reminder, you have until Tuesday, June 3rd at midnight to sign up to be in the drawing for the Thomson Elite seat post or stem. These great Thomson products retail for nearly a hundred dollars each and either would be a good, quality addition to your bike. You must sign up on Survey Monkey by the deadline and attend the cookout to qualify for the drawing! Come join us, this is always a great outing! SURVEY MONKEY |
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Post by Angela on Jun 2, 2014 11:58:02 GMT -5
Don't forget to sign up if you plan to participate in the cookout at the National Trails Day Ride and Cookout this coming Saturday! That Thomson Elite seat post or stem could be a mighty fine addition to your bike! Deadline to get your name in for the drawing is midnight Tuesday, June 3rd.
SIGN UP FOR THE COOKOUT ON SURVEY MONKEY RIGHT HERE!
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Post by Angela on Jun 3, 2014 12:18:30 GMT -5
Final day to sign up to be included in the drawing for the Thomson Elite seatpost or stem (you can sign up through midnight). Here are the directions to get to the Fell Hunt Camp (the start of the ride and the cookout afterwards will be held there at the pavilion)- Please bring your folding chairs if you can, there are a few picnic tables but not enough seating for the nice crowd we are expecting! Directions: From Augusta (Fury’s Ferry/28)>cross the bridge into South Carolina and travel 25.9 miles on 28 into McCormick...Take a right at the traffic light in McCormick onto Hwy 221. Travel 11.4 miles then bear left onto Hwy 10 towards Greenwood traveling for approximately 4.5 miles. Turn left onto Cedar Springs Road/state road S24-47 and travel 2.5 miles. Fell Hunt Camp will be on your left. Note: If you use Google maps, it will indicate that Fell Horse Camp is a quarter mile further on the right This route is about the same length but will take you by the old historic Frazier-Pressley House in the Cedar Springs historic district> Info on the Frazier-Pressley House
From Augusta (Fury’s Ferry/28)>cross the bridge into South Carolina and travel 25.9 miles on 28 into McCormick...Take a right at the traffic light in McCormick onto Hwy 221. Travel 9.4 miles then turn left onto Cedar Springs Road/Schwy112/State Rd S-24-112. Travel approximately 4.7 miles and the road t-bones (the Frazier-Pressley House in straight ahead in the field), turn right still on Cedar Springs Road and travel approximately 1.5 miles to Fell Hunt Camp on your right. You can reply here or direct questions to SORBAcsra |
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Post by Angela on Jun 4, 2014 22:34:47 GMT -5
We have 60+ people signed up for the National Trails Day celebration, ride and cookout! This is great news and should be our best National Trails Day celebration yet. We will be keeping an eye on the weather, right now the trails are dry and a little rain shouldn't impact the event. Check back on this forum before heading out if you are in doubt. DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FOLDING CHAIR IF YOU HAVE ONE! We will have ride leaders at this event but for those who like to have it here is the map of the trail, we will have some on hand at the event as well!  There are two bridges blocking FS road 505 at the bridge. This will not affect riding but if you were driving in via the USFS roads you need to be aware of the gates. They are marked on the picture below with red X's:  DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FOLDING CHAIR IF YOU HAVE ONE! |
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Post by Angela on Jun 6, 2014 6:00:48 GMT -5
It appears that LCHT has not received any additional rain in the past few days. Things are looking really good for the event tomorrow. We will still keep an eye on things today since this time of year our weather tends to be volatile but will post any updates here about the weather and the event tonight. Just be sure to check here before you head out tomorrow morning!
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Post by brianW on Jun 6, 2014 6:08:40 GMT -5
Is there a parking fee at Fell's Camp?
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Post by deano on Jun 6, 2014 8:04:48 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the fee is $3.
We rode last night and the trails are very dry, like Angela mentioned if a quick shower blows thru the trails are in great shape and should easily handle it.
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Post by dsquaredmsquared on Jun 6, 2014 11:32:04 GMT -5
Is there a parking fee at Fell's Camp? SORBAcsra is working on the parking fee at LCHT/Fell Hunt Camp for the event tomorrow. Before filling out the fee envelope tomorrow morning, look for Paul or Angela, they may have a little something for each of our guest vehicles  |
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Post by Angela on Jun 6, 2014 11:57:17 GMT -5
Even if you did not sign up by the cutoff (to be including in the drawing for the Thomson Elite seatpost or stem) please feel free to come up and join us for this event. These trails are amazing and I heard they are the best they have been in years. If you are coming and would like to join us for the cookout, a quick email to me at SORBAcsra would be greatly appreciated so I can make sure we have a hot dog or hamburger for you after the ride! |
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Post by Angela on Jun 7, 2014 5:19:53 GMT -5
This event is a go!! Looks like good weather (high 70's/low 80's) and a nice group of mountain bikers coming to check out LCHT. See you there.
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Post by Angela on Jun 7, 2014 17:29:36 GMT -5
What a fantastic event, everything that could go right did: - The weather was perfect and the temps were in the high 70s and low 80s
- The trails were in the best condition they have been in a decade. Much of the credit goes to the Greenwood mtbers who worked really hard getting the trail ready for this event.
- We had 63 riders and a total of about 75 people come out.
- There was plenty of food and grillmaster Michael Drawdy kindly took the heat and smoke to produce some amazing hamburgers and hotdogs.
- We made new friends and saw & rode with many longtime friends.
- Met the owners of the new Greenwood bike shop - Emerald City Bikes.
- Thomas Rossini was on hand from Rossini Photography to snap some shots.
- Ashby Stokes, amazing acoustic guitar player (and a really good mountain biker too), performed and that was truly the icing on an amazing day.
People arriving this morning....  Even into the overflow parking (actually they are the ones that found the shade)  USFS stopped by to make sure everything was good!  Getting ready to roll  Relaxing and eating  Hard to smile when you are hot and smokey!  Ashby Stokes played some great tunes!  Many thanks to the volunteers who made this happen, the Greenwood mountain bikers who, as always, are great hosts, Ashby Stokes for keeping us entertained and all the riders and their families who came out to participate in this great National Trails Day event! |
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Post by Emerald City Bikes on Jun 8, 2014 9:49:22 GMT -5
It was great participating in this event. Please let us know if we can help support any future SORBACSRA events!
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Post by Angela on Jun 8, 2014 13:57:42 GMT -5
It was great participating in this event. Please let us know if we can help support any future SORBACSRA events! Sam it was so great meeting you and Joanna. Having support for an event this size was very, very appreciated! Looks like Emerald City Bikes has a lot of fans, there were a lot of great looking ECB jerseys out on the trails. |
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Post by Angela on Jun 8, 2014 14:32:46 GMT -5
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