Fall Walks 2024

Fall Walking Schedule

Many of you requested that we continue providing group walk. So we are introducing our 2024 Fall Walk Across Shoals Parks program. Micah McGlathery has consented to directing this effort.

If you registered for the program in the spring, you don't have to reapply, but we will have registration materials at each walk for anyone new, or for anyone who was enrolled in a previous year.

We will have the Activity Journals available for everyone so you can keep track of your progress. If you know anyone who may be interested, please let them know.

Accompanying this blog is a schedule of the Fall Walks, starting Thursday, September 12, running through November 14th. We will be doing the 1-mile (longer optional) group walks on Thursdays at 5:30 pm this fall with some additional parks added on Saturday mornings.

We have expanded to other walking trails outside of Florence and hope that this will be more flexible for peoples’ schedules. The YMCA has consented once again to host our walks for inclement weather days. Please, thank the YMCA staff, particularly Jan Ingle, for making that available to us.

Micah has added some additional events of interest this Fall. There will be a "Removing Gym Anxiety" program to benefit those who may be timid about going to the gym, and there will be a nutrition and diabetes awareness program at First Friday in downtown Florence on November 1st. There will be more details on those events later.

We hope you can join us any time and/or every time during the Fall Walking Challenge. We look forward to getting back out on the trail again, and hope to see you soon!