Saturday April 12, 2025 Hike Summary

This morning, 22 hikers, with a few arriving late, because of flooded roads, gathered at the North end of Snake road, in Union county, to be led by Shawn Gossman. We took the group picture 1st thing, because some hikers would have a differentRead More

Saturday April 5, 2025 Hike Summary

Well, this weeks’ hike was, uhhh, “interesting”, to say the least.  First, it was raining, during all of it and Second, several roads to the meeting point were flooded. Some went home, others “found” their way to the meeting point. Then, theRead More

Saturday March 29, 2025 Hike Summary

On a cloudy Saturday morning, March 29th, 17 hikers, with leader Chris Drone, left the Shawnee Mart parking lot and went to the west edge of Eddyville, to take off on their weekly hike. There were no new hikers for this particularRead More

Saturday March 15, 2025 Hike Summary

It was cloudy this morning and had rained just a few hours before Marcus Owens led 21 other hikers South down the upper trail at Jackson Falls. The first stop was the carving into the rock of the Civil war soldier, thenRead More

Saturday March 8, 2025 Hike Summary

On another sunny Saturday, at the top of High Knob just north of Karbers Ridge, Todd Carr gathered 20 hikers, to lead off with some pictures of L.O. Trigg and  the beginning of the Shawnee National Forest. We headed down and aroundRead More

Saturday March 1, 2025 Hike Summary

On a Sunny, but, windy Saturday March 1st, Sam Morales gathered 28 hikers at the Indian Kitchen trailhead to hike into the Lusk Creek Wilderness. He had asked for and received special permission from the U.S. Forest service to take a largeRead More

Saturday November 30, 2024 Hike Summary

On the cooler, cloudy morning of Saturday, November 30th, 15 hikers gathered in the camping ground of Giant City State Park to be led on the last hike of the Fall 2024 hiking season, by Bob Mulcahy. We had several new hikers,Read More

Saturday November 16, 2024 Hike Summary

Well, this hike…we were “blown away”.  We had soooo many hikers, newbies and everyone, that we had to “revise” things. Sam Morales led this hike, North of the Lusk Creek area, on a perfect Saturday for hiking, sunny and mild temperatures. AllRead More

Saturday November 9, 2024 Hike Summary

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

Saturday November 2, 2024 Hike Summary

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