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By LIBET PIERSON
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
Flying leaves, bright sun and cool shadows accompanied the Cub Scouts of Pack 123 on their Fall Hike this past Sunday.
The two-mile walk and subsequent pack meeting took place at the Rock Mills farm of Paul and Martha Henze. The farm roads made for easy hiking across wooded slopes, sunlit open ridges and along the sparkling waters of the Thornton River.
In keeping with the season, the outing included identification of many of the wind-tossed leaves encountered along the way. Form and/or color helped in making distinctions between red oak and white oak, maple and tulip poplar. Sassafras, wild cherry, blackhaw, hickory and pawpaw leaves were examined and the leaf identification sheets consulted. A few hikers were confused by bittersweet and greenbrier vines masquerading as the trees on which they were growing. The leaf form and color of another plant — poison ivy — were duly noted and henceforth avoided.
Following the hike, scouts and parents gathered in the ridgetop clearing for the presentation of achieve
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