Sat. April 30th, we met at the visitors’ center at Giant City State Park. Fred Scott led 18 other hikers, in and around various areas of the park. It was a bit overcast, but Temps were almost perfect  We carpooled from the Visitor center, turning West just a few hundred feet North, and went over to Makanda, then parked just down the road South of Makanda. We headed ‘up hill’ for a bit, then leveled. off. Fred had scouted this hike about 3 times over the last few months, so he “knew’ it.  We found several shelter bluffs, including the 1st at a barely-dribbling Rush Falls. Along the way, we saw several old “stone” bridge abutments, probably left over from the CCC era. Late in the morning, we met up with several other groups of hikers, then Fred had the Perfect lunch spot picked out…it had picnic tables and just about anything a hiker could need or want. We took the group picture at another nice shelter bluff, full of “fallen ceiling tiles”, and eventually ended back at the Visitor center parking area. We hiked about 4.5 miles.

Our Next, and, Last hike for the Spring 2022 hiking season, will be Saturday, May 7th, in the Lusk Creek area, meeting at the old Shawnee Mart parking lot. It will be led by Marcus Owens, & Steve Mitchell. Please Be Sure to Register for this hike, as we will be having “groups of 10′ since it is in a Wilderness area.  Until then, “See ya’ll on the Trail.