MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES 

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Steve Krasnow will discuss what motivated him to take up hiking and kayaking, as well as the joy of being outdoors. He will address the various levels of hiking, from easy to moderate, including some of the challenges that may be encountered. He will reference paths/trails in the Village and those nearby. Steve will also review needed preparations, such as having the correct trail gear, trail information, basic first aid, and safety, among other issues. Steve hopes his talk will motivate others to establish their own exercise goals to help us as we age.

Steve and his wife, Rose, moved from Maryland to Fearrington Village in the summer of 2019. Since 2006, Steve has covered more than10,000 miles hiking/backpacking and, since 2010, over 5,000 miles kayaking throughout North America. Steve was born in White Plains, NY, attended Scarsdale High School and from there attended Washington University (St. Louis) majoring in Business. Nine days after graduating, he and Rose were married. They both attended UNC-CH for graduate school and lived joyously in Glenn Lenox. Steve received his MBA. He held positions in Washington DC after a short stint in Indianapolis and then lived for 39 years in Rockville, MD before following their hearts back to NC. In addition to his hiking and

kayaking interests, Steve studies economic and monetary history and has started giving seminars on Bitcoin to local CCRC groups.

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The Fearrington Garden Club has extended an invitation to the WoF members to attend their meeting, when Sheri Castle will be their Guest Speaker. In her talk Sheri will share why she believes that, like a thoughtful garden, our beloved recipes and traditions tell stories about ourselves, our family, communities, and sense of place.

Sheri Castle is the host of The Key Ingredient, an Emmy-winning cooking show from PBS. She is also an award-winning professional food writer, recipe developer, and cooking teacher known for melding stories, humor, and culinary expertise. She’s authored a tall stack of cookbooks and her writing and recipes appears in a long list of publications, including her role as Contributing Editor to Southern Living and featured columnist of Our State Magazine. In 2024, the Southern Foodways Alliance presented Sheri with their Keeper of the Flame Award given to a foodways tradition bearer of note. The SFA also named her one of 20 Living Legends of Southern Food, calling her The Storyteller. Sheri grew up in Watauga County, North Carolina in her beloved Blue Ridge Mountains and now lives near Chapel Hill, NC. Keep tabs on her through shericastle.com.

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9:30 Carpool meet-up in the Gathering Place Campus parking lot

10:30 a.m.: Meet in the Bass Lake parking lot, 900 Bass Lake Road, Holly Springs

Bass Lake Trail is an easy 1.9-mile loop on primarily mulch with a couple of picture-perfect way-stops and the possibility of waterfowl, osprey, and turtle sightings.  For more info on the trail: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/north-carolina/bass-lake

Directions From Fearrington Village, go south on 15-501 and take the first left on Mt. Gilead Church Road South. Turn left onto Hwy. 64 East. Turn right onto 540 South. Left on Sportsmanship Way (Ting Park) Right on N. Main St. Left on Holly Springs Rd. Right on Bass Lake Rd. The lot will be on the right.

Please register for the walk  here  and indicate if you plan lunch 

so we can ask the Pimiento gals to save us some space. 

Direct questions to Adrienne Lallo.