🌱 Patch AM: Gills, Pores, & Spore Prints: Mushrooms Identification Hike and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Loop Around the Lake at Fort Yargo State Park
• Gills, Pores, & Spore Prints: Mushrooms Identification Hike at Fort Yargo State Park
• First Day Hike 2026 at Fort Yargo State Park

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warm with sun and clouds, with a high of 70 and low of 57 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy and remaining warm, temps: high: 74, low: 55.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 66 and low of 55 degrees.

📸 Around Winder

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Winder

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 27

• Dueling Pianos in Winder!
  Finished Goods Brew Werks, 56 E Candler St, Winder
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Loop Around the Lake
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am

Sunday December 28

• Gills, Pores, & Spore Prints: Mushrooms Identification Hike
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 S Broad St , Winder
  1:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• First Day Hike 2026
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am
• Fully Accessible First Day Hike
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  12:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Business over Breakfast
  Barrow County Chamber of Commerce , #6 Porter Street , Winder
  9:00 am
• Network Barrow
  Barrow County Chamber of Commerce , #6 Porter St. , Winder
  9:00 am
• Community Campfire & S'mores on the House!
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Winter Market
  163 M.L.K. Jr Dr , Winder
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Network Barrow
  Barrow County Chamber of Commerce , #6 Porter St. , Winder
  9:00 am
• Community Campfire & S'mores on the House!
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Loop Around the Lake
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am

Thursday January 1

• First Day Hike 2026
  Fort Yargo State Park , 210 South Broad Street , Winder
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m out of time.
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