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Vicki Welsh

I don’t have a sewing or crochet update today but just wanted to take a minute to document yesterday’s hike for my future reference.

We settled out to hike a medium difficulty hike and ended up with a difficult one that we all enjoyed.

We hiked up Ledge Trail to St. Saveur then down to Valley Road, to the Valley Cove Trail and then took the Valley Peak Trail back up St. Saveur.

It was about 3.5 hours, 4.8 miles, combined elevation gain of over 1550 feet, and 14,000 steps according to Ian’s watch.

It was quite “ledgy” in areas.

And quite steep in others. We came across the nicest guys doing trail maintenance. They are building granite steps.

They have rigging in the trees to help move the granite blocks. Very cool.

We even saw a Pileated Woodpecker along the way. I’ve never seen one this close before.

We’ve had a wonderful visit with Dave and Caroline.

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4 responses to “A great vist and hike”

geneblack

08/23/2025

What an interesting hike. That might be just a bit much for me, but it looks fun. I haven’t seen a pileated woodpecker in years. Years ago when I was living in Birmingham, one built and raised young in a tree just two or three doors down from where I was living.

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Vicki in MN

08/23/2025

Looks like a great hike! We had 3 Pileated woodpeckers on one tree just yesterday, Never seen that before, we only see one at a time, really enjoy them.

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Carole @ From My Carolina Home

08/23/2025

Fabulous views! Looks like a great day to hike and relax.

We have a pair of pileated woodpeckers that live on our property. I have to run them off the bird feeder as they have figured out how to cling to the bottom, and they will eat half the cylinder of feed in a day!

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marmic1954

08/24/2025

More spectacular views! Pileateds are pretty interesting birds. We had a pair visiting our suet feeder last year…first time I’d ever seen them up close.

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I’m Vicki

I’m Vicki Welsh and I’ve been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I’m into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here.