Scenic Sundays: A Walk Through Time
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Posted Sep 23 2011 by in Biology, Cycling, Featured, Food, Geology, Hiking, History, October 2011 with Comments Off
AT A GLANCE

What: 7a.m., 10/16 Scenic Drive: Hear geology and history talk and answer questions.

When: October 16, 2011 (7:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.)

Event Location: Scenic Drive, from either end (view map)

Meeting point: Scenic Drive, El Paso, TX

Hike length: Optional

Level of difficulty: 3-Medium (Scenic Drive wraps around the southern tip of the Franklin Mountains)

Cost: NONE

Leader: Jim Tolbert, Philip Goodell, Jackson Polk, Eric Kappus, and others, 915-525-7364, jimhtolbert@elp.rr.com

Reservations required? No     

Bring: Water, camera, binoculars

Kid friendly? Yes     Pet friendly? Yes

NO CARS ON SCENIC DRIVE??

Once again Celebration of Our Mountains will do “A Walk Through Time” a Scenic Sunday event on October 16 beginning at 7 a.m. on Scenic Drive. Experts in geology and history will give talks and be on hand to answer questions.

UTEP Geology Professor and founder of Celebration of Our Mountains, Phil Goodell,  will be joined by filmmaker, Jackson Polk, and Dino Tracks own Eric Kappus and others as Celebration of Our Mountains presents:  Scenic Sunday “Walk through Time”.  See 500 million-year-old fossils, learn about the strata and other formations that make up our Franklin Mountains as well as learn more about the Sierra de Juarez, native plants and wildlife and El Paso history and legends.  Visit informational booths. Take guided fossil hikes. Scenic Drive is closed to all motorized vehicles from 7 until Noon each Sunday morning throughout the year.  Round trip is 4.1 miles from east to west or just 2 miles for the Walk through Time event if you enter the Drive on the west side. Talks will be at Scenic Point at the top of the Drive beginning at 8 a.m. Exhibit booths will be west of Scenic Point to Robinson Drive on the west side beginning at 7 a.m. (Scenic Drive Map)

Come learn about the Lost Padre Mine, or local Geology and the fossils of Scenic Drive! Learn from local experts and organizations such as the Texas Master Naturalists, UTEP Geology club, Future Educators of Math and Science, Franklin Mountains Wilderness Coalition, etc, and walk up a TRAFFIC FREE Scenic Drive.

Fossils of Scenic Point
Eric Kappus – 730am, 830am, 930am
Luis Hernandez – 8am, 9am, 10am

Lost Padre Mine and Mystery of the Pattersons
Jackson Polk – 930am

El Paso Geology
Phil Goodell – 8am and 9am

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Category: Biology, Cycling, Featured, Food, Geology, Hiking, History, October 2011

Eric Kappus - Eric is an Interpretive Naturalist and Geologist with over 14 years of teaching experience in the outdoors. He has experience with Adventure Therapy, Ecology, Geology, Enthnobotany, Anthropology, Primitive Skills, Nature Interpretation, Advanced Wilderness First Aid, and Group Dynamics. Eric has taught for El Paso Community College, El Paso Independent School District, The University of Texas at El Paso, Louisiana State University, and Houghton College; he has led over 400 field trips in the Paso del Norte region, as well as visited dozens of grade schools. Currently Eric is a PhD student at UTEP in the Department of Geological Sciences. He continues to lead field trips, plan events, and is interested in Native American spirituality and awareness, Edible Wild Plants, walking mindfully, and teaching people about our home, planet Earth.

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