Carmen submitted to us a Youtube video that he created for his 2024 R2R through hike at the age of 71.
Our review of this video found that a few video segments were out of sequence with the actual trail. Overall though, it still represents a through hike along the trail very well. The only exception is the section of the video where he shows his day hike through the Giant City State Park trails when he took a zero day from the R2R Trail.
Enjoy.
River to River Trail Guide Version 5.5_202404 has been uploaded to the Societies website. Updates included in this release include:
This updated version of the guide to includes the following:
– Locations of all picnic tables along the trail in a table and shown on maps.
– Information on the John O’Dell Memorial installed along the trail in Herod.
– Added the trail mileage chart to the guide.
– All recent trail reroutes have been added to the guide including info on the upcoming Cedar Lake reroute. Reroutes included are:
* Dutchman Lake in 2022
* Giant City in 2021
* HWY 127 bridge removal in Alto Pass in 2021
* A sneak peak at the upcoming major Cedar Lake reroute which is under construction.
I just posted a short trail story written by Darral Ward on his April 2024 adventure to hike the R2R Trail from Grand Tower to Elizabethtown, IL. Give it a quick read.