The sun broke thru in the South side of the Crab Orchard National Wildlife refuge just in perfect timing Saturday, April 11th, for Cathy Jennings to lead 18 hikers on about a 4 mile hike on the Wild Turkey Trail. Birds wereRead More
It was a bright, clear, sunny, with a bit of wind, Saturday morning that 23 hikers gathered at the parking lot of New Simpson-Tunnel Hill school to be led by Sam Morales. We had several new to the Society hikers. We loadedRead More
On a Well Above normal temperature Saturday morning, Melanie Kasson led a total of 20 other hikers on about a 7 mile hike in and around Ferne Clyffe state park. 3 new hikers joined us today. We met at the main parking area forRead More
On Saturday, March 14th, 17 hikers, including 1-2 newbies, and a couple of “long-missing” hikers, gathered at the East Trigg trailhead parking lot, to be led by Marcus Owens. We headed East, encountering some good sized muddy areas, due to recent, but neededRead More
It was perfect hiking conditions on Saturday for the 2026 kickoff hike. 60 degrees, rain and even a tornado warning blowing up our phones half way through. There were 6 of us on the hike. Chris Drone drove out just to takeRead More
On a cloudy Saturday, December 13th, 16 hikers gathered at the Lirley Trailhead. We took the picture at the Lirley Trailhead in case we had to disperse early from the hike. One hiker was late arriving and was not included in theRead More
8 people began the 4.25 mile hike from Rim Rock to Thacker Hollow. 2 left at bottom of Rim Rock, despite all week there being a forecast of snow, rain and freezing rain, zero perspiration fell during the hike. We saw milesRead More
On a warm Saturday November 15th, we met just a few hundred feet North of the Camp Cadiz campgrounds. Sam Morales was our hike leader. We had a total of 16 hikers, including 3 new hikers. We set off West down aRead More
What a day for a hike it was!! On Saturday November 8th, was clear & sunny. We gathered at the parking lot of the visitors center of Giant City State park, with a crowd of 23 hikers, including 4 new hikers, to beRead More
On a cloudy but warm Saturday morning, 20 hikers gathered at the boat launch area at Duchman lake. Megan Henderson was our leader for the day. I think we had 1-2 new hikers with us. We proceeded back up the lane, andRead More