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Greetings!
Welcome to the Blue Wall Weekly, your source for what's going on outside along the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment. Feel free to share your own photos, videos, and adventures along the Blue Wall by sending them to the email address at the bottom of the page, and we'll do our best to make you (locally) famous!
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Gratitude
Nothing more than the smell of oak leaves can trip a happy button in us at this time of year. Nothing more than a minute of intense color rippling across the lake. Nothing more than the sight of a bluebird perched on a fence post. It’s kind of ridiculous for so many things to make us so happy at a time when the world appears to be burning down around us, but there you go. It’s thanks-giving time, and the gratitude we feel for these simple daily pleasures is sincere. Gratitude, too, for all the smiles we've shared in our brief-but-spectacular meetings with you this year. Thank you. ~K
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Lake Jocassee, November 20
Photo by Brandon Roach
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SPECIAL EVENTS
WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
A SIX HOUR DAY ON THE LAKE!
FIRST SUNDAY EXPEDITIONS!
PRIVATE FISHING TOURS WITH CAPTAIN ZACH ARE BOOKING NOW,
GIVE US A CALL TO RESERVE YOUR TOUR!
PRIVATE TOURS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE!
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WITH JOCASSEE LAKE TOURS
EVERY TUESDAY-SUNDAY TOURS
EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON TOUR
CALL OR BOOK ONLINE TO RESERVE SEATS
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Bald eagle photo by Craig Williams
STATE PARK EVENTS
Oconee Station State Historic Site
January 1-December 31
Saturdays & Sundays: 1:00-5:00 PM
Originally a military compound and later a trading post, this Historic Site offers both recreational opportunities and a unique look at 18th and 19th century South Carolina. Oconee Station, a stone blockhouse used as an outpost by the S.C. State Militia from about 1792 to 1799, and the William Richards House, are the only two structures that remain today.
For a period of time, a trading post and brickyard were in operation here. Click on this link to read about The History of Bricks
GNHA Hiking Club
November 29: 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
From the border of SC/NC on Hwy. 130, we'll head west on the Foothills Trail, then circle around Grassy Knob onto the Old Foothills Trail, and proceed to views along the top of Whitewater Falls before returning to our cars.
Upper Whitewater Falls (411' drop) on the Whitewater River- called Cha-ra-cha-lac-ta- the falls of the whitewater by the Cherokee
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
Foothills Trail Conservancy
November 28: 9:00 AM
General maintenance on a section of the FT; location to be announced before the activity!
Just one of the many tasks necessary to keep the trails maintained. Thanks goes out to all the dedicated volunteers!
SC Botanical Garden Events
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THIS WEEK ON LAKE JOCASSEE
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
What a beautiful week it’s been on the lake. Brisk and breezy in the mornings during the first days of the week, but always calm with mild temperatures by mid-day, as it has been all week. And not a cloud to be found! Finally today, Saturday, some clouds have ventured our way, and rain is in the forecast for early in the week. Rain we need, it will be welcome, but a dry week in these parts is always appreciated as well. Birds are most everywhere on the lake. Our fine guide Zach saw 8 eagles on one tour! Loons were spotted in feeding frenzies around the lake, and I even got to enjoy one episode of crazed bathing, surely the most entertaining antic in the loon’s repertoire. The winter birdlife only gets better from here on throughout the winter. ~B
COMING SOON!
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
STATE PARK EVENTS
Oconee State Park
December 5-January 10: 6:00-8:30 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
December 5: 9:30 AM-1:00 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
December 5: 10:00 AM-3:00 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
December 6: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
December 12: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
December 13: 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
GNHA Hiking Club
December 20: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
OTHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
Foothills Trail Conservancy
December 5
Mushroom Mountain
December 9: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Friends of Jocassee (FOJ)
December 14: 12:00 PM
Jeanne Malmgren
December 19
SC Botanical Garden Events
BORROWED GLIMPSES
 Guided Kayak Tours are over for 2020, but private kayak tours are always available!
Photo by Kerry McKenzie
 Exploring Lake Jocassee.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Nearly all of what historians have learned about the first Thanksgiving comes from a single eyewitness report: a letter written in December 1621 by Edward Winslow, one of the 100 or so people who sailed from England aboard the Mayflower in 1620 and founded Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
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ABOUT THE BLUE WALL
Spanning three states (North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia) and encompassing 859,000 acres, the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment, known as the 'Blue Wall' by Native Americans, contains some of the highest natural diversity of rare plants and animals found anywhere in the world.
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www.JocasseeLakeTours.com
info@jocasseelaketours.com
Phone: 864-280-5501
Jocassee Lake Tours Depart from the Main Dock at Devils Fork State Park
PLEASE CALL 864-280-5501 AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS!
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Enjoy this Lake Jocassee peaceful hideaway.
CAMP GLAMP!
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Love Jocassee? Help protect and preserve the beauty of Lake Jocassee and the Jocassee Gorges by joining FOJ!
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.png) Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Your Portal to Paradise!
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Lake Jocassee
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Lake Keowee
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