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The Saucy Chronicles
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Trailheads Trek Red Top, Then Make Shack Attack.
Trailheads (George, Roy, Steve, Brad, Guy, Patrick, and four-leggers, Elvis & Fio) braved the morning fog and insufferable I-75 North...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Mar 18, 2022
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A March For Peace Before A Feast.
To help celebrate his 90th birthday, civil rights icon Andy Young called for a Peace Walk in Downtown Atlanta—and the Trailheads jumped...
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Trailheads Climb Pine Mountain, Then Pig Out In Cartersville.
On a beautiful March day, the Trailheads convened in Cartersville to scale the heights of Pine Mountain. We were missing a couple of our...
Patrick Scullin
Mar 7, 2022
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Trailheads Hike The Hootch, Miss The Boat On Pulled Pork.
The Trailheads army (Guy, George, Steve, Roy, Brad, and Patrick) assembled southwest of Atlanta, past Six Flags, and near Douglasville,...
Patrick Scullin
Feb 25, 2022
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Trailheads Encounter Creek Mysteries And Wonder Who The Pit Boss Is
Trailheads gathered at another Civil War Battle site and hiked the Cascade Springs Nature Preserve Outer Loop. The previous night we...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Feb 18, 2022
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Trailheads Hike Civil War Site, Then Make Rib Shack Attack
The entire Trailhead squad, with Fio and Elvis, attacked the Heritage Park Trail near Mableton, GA. The know-it-all app AllTrails calls...
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Trailheads Hike South, Then Go To Ohio For Barbecue
The Trailheads did Dry January, abstaining from liquor––but not lecturing drinkers about the evils of their liquid sinning––only to slip...
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Trailheads Fight, Then Make Up Over Smoked Meats.
The Trailheads (sans George, who is hobnobbing with Olympics bigwigs in Switzerland) ventured into virgin territory: The Yellow River...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Jan 28, 2022
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Trailheads Hike, Then Say, “Play It Again, Sam."
Last week, Roy and Guy (and their booster shots!) were battling Omicron, their hiking boots gathering dust. But for this week’s journey,...
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Trailheads Hike, Then Learn A Geography Lesson
Trailheads are ordinary men who walk the walk of everyday people. And so, in a show of solidarity, two of our crew (Roy and Guy) decided...
Patrick Scullin
Jan 9, 2022
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Trailheads Learn All About Who’s Your Daddy
We were down a man this week. Trailhead George was trapped in a Zoom call, the modern equivalent to a PowerPoint in motion. The five...
Patrick Scullin
Dec 17, 2021
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Guy Slips, Then Trailheads Fall For Dilworth’s BBQ.
We were down one Trailhead for this week’s trek. Roy was on the DL following the strain and physical punishment of last week’s hike up...
Patrick Scullin
Dec 9, 2021
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Trailheads Climb Mountain, And Heap Praise on N. Georgia BBQ.
Yonah Mountain would not come to the Trailheads (mountains are stubborn that way), so the Trailheads went to Yonah Mountain. It was an...
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Giant Hole In Ground Creates Giant Hole In Trailheads' Stomachs.
Trailheads had their first subscriber invitational hike at Westside Quarry Park. We opened this stroll through Atlanta's largest park to...
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Trailheads Visit Deep South Of Brookhaven
For the first time in a long time, we had a full crew of six Trailheads for a pleasant hike in Brookhaven on the Murphey Candler Park...
Patrick Scullin
Nov 13, 2021
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Trailheads Proclaim Greater Good Exceptionally Excellent
Five Trailheads–Guy, Brad, Roy, George (back from Bend, OR), and Patrick– hiked ITP on Blueway Trail in Blue Heron Nature Preserve. Ms....
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A BBQ Joint Spiced Right For Well-Seasoned Hikers
Last year, The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area launched its HikeCRNRA Challenge inviting hikers to trek all 66 miles of...
Roy Trimble and Patrick Scullin
Nov 2, 2021
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Trailheads Go Whole Hog Wild For Rodney Scott’s BBQ
Three Trailheads gathered for our latest outing at the recently opened Westside Park. George is still in Oregon, Steve was working...
Patrick Scullin
Oct 23, 2021
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Trailheads Country Is Always Rib Country
The Trailheads began the day with a drive up to Raven Cliff Falls Trail. It’s near German-themed Helen GA, but we didn’t go there....
Roy Trimble. Sauced by Patrick Scullin
Oct 17, 2021
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Trailheads Love Barbecue With An Asian Accent
In The Bible (Bucky Ray 4:20-22), it sayeth, “And there shalt be four Trailheads required to make a hike official. If there are not four,...
Patrick Scullin
Oct 1, 2021
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