What a HIke!! Bob Mulcahy led 18 of us, including 4-5 new hikers, over trails in & around many coves of Kinkaid lake. I had never been there. With the warm temps, & humidity, many were down to T-shirts by lunch time.Read More
Soo, I have a question. What do you call 18 people who decide to hike, when it already Has rained, and, the skies are threatening more rain?? Do you call them “dedicated”, “addicted”, or just what?? I call them “Friends” (hehe, notRead More
Yesterdays’ weather was Sooo nice on the hike led by Vicki Mosberger Ferguson & Gillum Ferguson, that some of the 24 hikers started gettin’ nake…shedding outer layers of clothing, 5 minutes into the hike.(NO, nothing to see folks, moving on…) We didRead More
GOOD GOSH GERTIE…no, she wasn’t on todays’ hike, but her brother, sister & cousins were..WOWZER..45 of You started the hike (yes, a few left early), but, 38 finished..What.A.Day!!.. We Filled the new parking lot by Knights of the Golden Circle!!.Post your picsRead More
Unfortunately both hike events scheduled for this past Saturday ended up being cancelled. The Crab Orchard Cemetery hike ended up being cancelled about Thursday because of a lack of interest. If you were really interested in this hike idea and want thisRead More
Talk about finishing the Fall 2018 hiking season on a High Note…WOW!!!…28 hikers on a Beautiful day, led by Vicki Mosberger Ferguson & Gillum ..took in Knights of the Golden Circle, Whiskey Cave, and other points…We had ’em from St. Louis, toRead More
We had a “Bakers Dozen” worth of hikers today at Cedar Lake in Jackson County. Very Well-led by Don Monty & Anne Gaylord. Anne identified lots of plants, and kept us all ‘on-time’. We had 3 new hikers..Welcome to them..Becky Marsh &Read More
2 groups of hikers left the Backpackers’ Parking lot Saturday Oct. 27th…1 group of 5, led by Fred Scott, headed South out to Indian Point. We saw Lots of fellow sight-seers…people from 2+ hours away. We ‘welcomed’ them to Southern Illinois, toldRead More
We had 24 hikers today on the Benham Ridge hike, led by Bill Gilmour. We met at the Herod Post office, moved all vehicles to the new (huge) Forest Service parking lot on Benham Ridge Road, and condensed down to 5 vehiclesRead More
Excellent New hike today, with Jim Todd as the leader. 21 total hikers, with 3 new..2 from Joppa. Started at the Vienna Ranger station, out to the Dutchman lake boat ramp area, then reduced down to 3 vehicles to the private-property “takeRead More