Wednesday, December 25, 2013: Christmas Day!  Blue skies with temperatures in the low 30s.  Diane Manas led a small group on a refreshing hike along the 4.5 mile Mossy Ridge Trail in Percy Warner Park - Nashville.  Hikers (left to right): Diane Manas, Bob Franz, Nancy Zambito, Carol Smith, Dianna Richter, and Doug Burroughs.  This time of year, one or more anonymous elves decorate cedar trees along the way with a few ornaments: Shiny ones and a few replicas of the owls that reside in the park.

Nashville TTA Chapter Raises over $500 for the Cumberland Trail

Saturday, December 14, 2013, Brentwood TN:  Organized by Amy Sutton, eleven different volunteers spent from two to over eight hours at the gift wrapping station at REI.  Shoppers were offered the opportunity to have their gifts wrapped by one of our volunteers in exchange for a donation.  Many thanks to the following volunteers: Amy Blanton, Kathryn Skinner, Doug Burroughs, Dianna Richter, Nora Beck, Sue Biggers, Betty Magee, Tom Vickstrom, Julie Walski, and June Parker.  The money donated will be used to help feed the volunteers at the next Cumberland Trail Spring Breakaway.