Alright, the plan is to meet at the Moundville Archaelogical Park at 11:30 AM on Saturday, February 15th.
The Birmingham crew will meet at the Publix Hwy150 parking lot at 10AM. Please be ready to roll at 10. We'll caravan over to Moundville.
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There is a per person charge of a few dollars for the park. We'll tour the mounds and museum, before having a picnic lunch (bring your own) and heading out to the Oakmulgee District of the Talladega National Forest.
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Background info:
Moundville Archaeological Park and Museum, Moundville, Alabama. 8,040 likes · 112 talking about this · 4,584 were here. The University of Alabama's Moundville Archaeological Park is one of the...
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Called “The Big Apple of the 14th Century” by National Geographic, Moundville Archaeological Park was once the site of a powerful prehistoric community that, at its peak, was America’s largest city north of Mexico. Located on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, the park preserves 326 acres...
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To enter Moundville Archaeological Park is to turn the clock back several centuries. The pace is slow and the park itself is very, very quiet.
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Doug Phillips' Discovering Alabama program did an outstanding episode recently on the Native mounds of Alabama.
Doug Phillips explores monumental earthworks created by Alabama's First People.
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We will go by the south sandy shooting range
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and Payne lake rec area
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as we make our way through the Western half of the Oakmulgee wildlife management area.
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Once we hit Hwy 5, we'll go South a few miles to my family's 200 year old plantation house we restored. The 1800 acres of land it sits on has been continuously in our family since 1810. I have have target shooting for pistol and rifle as well as a clay thrower to shoot skeet.
From there, we'll stop by Perry Lakes. There was some flooding last weekend, but the Cahaba may have drained a bit. It is a popular birding destination with observation towers and has Barton's beach on the Cahaba.
Perry Lakes Park has several structures by Rural Studio including a birding tower, covered bridge, pavilion and restrooms set in 800 acres of prime habitat.
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We will head from there making our way East through the Eastern half of the Oakmulgee refuge ultimately coming out on hwy 22, right South of Maplesville. From there, you can take 82 west back towards Tuscaloosa or 22 North towards Montevallo and I65. Should be a fun day and I hope flooding isn't an issue after all the rain. If we get short on time, we can cut the visit to our farm if need be.
The DLC Moundvilee > Oakmulgee route is below. Download the GPX file and upload to your favorite GPS software.
Folder from bamabrock
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As always, our communication method is GMRS channel #18 aka frequency 462.625
