Morning hike summary by Chris Drone Bill Gilmour led 12 of us on a hike in the Max Creek Vortex area. On Halloween, with a Blue Full Moon…and..we had a Whole Tree fall over less than 50 yards from us after lunch…WeRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fourth guided hike of the Fall, 2020 hiking season, on October 31. This will be a Halloween night hike to the mysterious Vortex on Max Creek in Johnson County. The hike is free and open toRead More
Comments from Shawn Gossman Today I led a group hike at LaRue Pine Hills. It was a pre-registration only group through the R2R Society in order to promote public health. We didn’t see any snakes, it’s too cold and migration is probablyRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its third hike of the Fall, 2020 hiking season, at the Snake Road in Union County, Illinois, on Saturday, October 10. The hike is free and open to the public, but spaces are limited for public health reasons,Read More
Today, Bob Mulcahy led us in Ferne Clyffe State Park. We did about 4 miles, a good amount on the River to River Trail. We had over Half of our participants as “Newbies”…some from Pope county/Metropolis, 1 from as far away asRead More
Steve Ryder’s hike at Pyramid State Park on Saturday was quite successful. There were fourteen hikers, including Steve. Steve had worked out a very good loop hike, and although there weren’t any bluffs or scenic wonders, it was a nice long walkRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its second hike of the Fall, 2020 hiking season at Ferne Clyffe State Park in Johnson County, on Saturday, October 14. The hike is free and open to the public, but because the size of the groupRead More
This post is for all of those signing up for fall hikes and hike leaders. Linked below is the waiver that all will be asked to sign prior to all of the hikes. Please take some time to review it prior toRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its first hike of the Fall, 2020 hiking season, at Pyramid State Park in Perry County, Illinois, on Saturday, October 10. The hike is free and open to the public, but spaces are limited for public healthRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces that this fall it will once again offer a schedule of guided hikes in and near the Shawnee National Forest. All hikes are free and open to the public. Although the hikes vary in level of difficulty,Read More