I visited Goldsmith-Schiffman Wildlife Sanctuary again recently. This time, I managed to find the northeast entrance; the one that is directly off Highway 431 in Hampton Cove in the eastern part of Huntsville. The entrance is just an unmarked gravel road and looks just like someone’s private driveway at first. Here are some photos.
More tomorrow!
Notice the saplings staked to the right of the creek? There are maybe a hundred or so of these memorial trees planted along Aldredge Creek now. In coming years, these will transform the look of this section of the greenway.
I only met Bill Emerson a couple of times up in Nashville, but those brief times were lasting memories for me. Although I am self-taught on all the instruments I play, only in my later years did I look to others to advance my skills both as a musician and a teacher. Bill was there as was his practice throughout life, to offer instruction to so many banjo players, including me. He recently passed away.
Although I don’t usually get folks to sign my instruments, because my banjo is a Bill Emerson model Stelling Red Fox, I decided to get him to sign the banjo head one year at Nashcamp. He played a song or two on my banjo before signing it, I guess that only makes sense. I believe it was Theme Time, and a bit of Fox on the Run, if I recall correctly, both tunes for which he was well-known. Notice too, his signature on the banjo head is like the one in-layed on the 19th fret.
Farewell, my friend! You are remembered and missed. I will always remember your sage advise!
I’ve been to Cathedral Caverns many times; it’s the closest commercial cave to home and it became a part of the Alabama State Park System some years ago.
This is the first time that I attempted to photograph the beautiful scenes inside the caverns.
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