Hikers this Saturday met at a “pull-off” area on Boat Dock Rd, east of IL. Rt. 127, South of Murphysboro, Illinois. It was overcast and almost a drizzle when 16 hikers, led by Cathy Jennings, including 3 new hikers, set off, workingRead More
Ok, so, the leader of the hike on Saturday November 2nd was “almost late” getting to the meeting spot on Rocky Comfort road, and, to Top that off, the leader ( and writer of these summaries) is late getting the summary written. Read More
It was a Beautiful day for a hike on Saturday, October 26th. 19 hikers gathered at the Little Grand Canyon trail head parking lot to be led by Cody Evans. This was Codys’ 2nd time for leading a hike and he did a GreatRead More
Hikers met at the parking lot of the Michael Wolfe memorial wetlands. Melanie Kasson was our leader of 13 hikers for the day. It was sunny, bright, clear blue skies, a perfect day for a nice hike. Several went over to theRead More
On Saturday October 12th, 14 hikers met at the New Simpson Hill school on a beautiful morning, full of sun and very favorable hiking temperatures. Bill Gilmour was the leader again today, and after group introductions, we loaded into vehicles and headed SouthRead More
For the 1st hike of the Fall 2024 hiking season, we met at the East Trigg trailhead, on Sat. Oct. 5th, 2024. Our leader for the day was Bill Gilmour. It was sunny And quite warm. We had 21 hikers, including 4-5Read More
For our last hike of the Spring 2024 season, we had something new…a new hike leader, Cody Evans, from Carterville. We met at the Goreville City park, and had a few new hikers, a father & son pair, and a dad with hisRead More
On Saturday April 27th, 8 hikers met with Fred Scott at the Bell Smith Spring parking area. It was damp and cloudy, with a chance of some drizzles, which might have kept the numbers down for the hike. We had 1 newRead More
16 Hikers met leader Bil Gilmour at the east end of Illinois Rt. 147. It was sunny and a bit windy. We then vehicle-pooled North on Cedar Grove church rd, a few miles and turned West on a lane into the forestRead More
On a warm, sunny Saturday morning, 21 hikers gathered at the swimming pool parking lot of Dixon Springs State park. Shawn Gossman was our leader for the hike. We crossed the small wooden bridge and then under the highway bridge and followed theRead More