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Winter Solstice Event, Dec. 21 - All Welcome

11/30/2022

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Picture of cloudy skies over Palmetto Mound, as viewed from the shell Mound fishing pier.
Imagining the sun setting near Palmetto Mound was the best we could do in blustery 2021.
For the 6th year in a row, Friends will celebrate Winter Solstice at Shell Mound. Come and participate.

On Wednesday, December 21, starting at 3:45 p.m., we will gather at the Shell Mound/Dennis Creek Trail head parking area for guided walks of each trail. The walks will start at 4:00.

After the guided walks, we will have hot tea and cookies at the Shell Mound fishing pier and hear the story of the Indians for whom the area was a civic-ceremonial center from about AD 400 to about AD 650. It was both a residential and a ritual site.
Picture of three Friends members by the canopy at Shell Mound at Winter Solstice 2021
Bundled up Friends members offering hot tea and cookies for the Winter Solstice 2021.
Hopefully, at 5:39 we will see the sun set near Palmetto Mound, which was an ancient burial ground. Each of the past 5 years, the weather has been cold and blustery. Each of those years, we had to imagine the sun setting behind the clouds we were watching. Nevertheless, we celebrated.

Be there, rain or shine. It is becoming a Friends' tradition.
10 Comments
Patricia Kromer-Parsons
12/3/2022 08:47:39 pm

I’m hoping my husband & I will be able to attend. Thank you for offering this wonderful annual event.

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Michelle
12/12/2022 06:47:53 pm

Hoping to join. Will be visiting myself

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peg
12/12/2022 06:58:18 pm

See you there!

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Donna Adjan
12/12/2022 08:21:17 pm

I would like to participate

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peg
12/12/2022 08:52:08 pm

Great. See you there!

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Bob and Debbie
12/13/2022 08:35:22 am

We are new to the area since July of this year, and will be attending this year!

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peg
12/13/2022 11:19:42 am

Wonderful! Hope it is warm and dry, and that we can see the sun set.

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hedy havel
12/21/2022 09:12:59 am

I've been doing this on the Summer and Winter solstices for 30 some years.. glad it's getting to be a tradition. the spirits appreciate it!

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Peg
12/21/2022 11:12:59 am

See you there! The weather is looking better than other years. Regardless, we will celebrate.

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David Gruskin
12/21/2022 11:18:05 am

see ya

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Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges
P. O. Box 532
Cedar Key, FL 32625
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