On Saturday, April 26th, 14 hikers gathered at the main waterfall parking lot at Ferne Clyffe State park, just south of Goreville. Cathy Jennings was our leader for this hike. We had 1 new hiker, the rest of the hikers had allRead More
On Saturday April 19th, hikers met at the Stoneface parking lot in Mountain township of Saline county. This hike was adjusted because of flood waters over a road. This hike was originally intended to be the Crest trail hike from the Tecumseh statue atRead More
This morning, 22 hikers, with a few arriving late, because of flooded roads, gathered at the North end of Snake road, in Union county, to be led by Shawn Gossman. We took the group picture 1st thing, because some hikers would have a differentRead More
Well, this weeks’ hike was, uhhh, “interesting”, to say the least. First, it was raining, during all of it and Second, several roads to the meeting point were flooded. Some went home, others “found” their way to the meeting point. Then, theRead More
On a cloudy Saturday morning, March 29th, 17 hikers, with leader Chris Drone, left the Shawnee Mart parking lot and went to the west edge of Eddyville, to take off on their weekly hike. There were no new hikers for this particularRead More
It was cloudy this morning and had rained just a few hours before Marcus Owens led 21 other hikers South down the upper trail at Jackson Falls. The first stop was the carving into the rock of the Civil war soldier, thenRead More
On another sunny Saturday, at the top of High Knob just north of Karbers Ridge, Todd Carr gathered 20 hikers, to lead off with some pictures of L.O. Trigg and the beginning of the Shawnee National Forest. We headed down and aroundRead More
On a Sunny, but, windy Saturday March 1st, Sam Morales gathered 28 hikers at the Indian Kitchen trailhead to hike into the Lusk Creek Wilderness. He had asked for and received special permission from the U.S. Forest service to take a largeRead More
On the cooler, cloudy morning of Saturday, November 30th, 15 hikers gathered in the camping ground of Giant City State Park to be led on the last hike of the Fall 2024 hiking season, by Bob Mulcahy. We had several new hikers,Read More
Well, this hike…we were “blown away”. We had soooo many hikers, newbies and everyone, that we had to “revise” things. Sam Morales led this hike, North of the Lusk Creek area, on a perfect Saturday for hiking, sunny and mild temperatures. AllRead More