Hike of Sat. April 23,2022. This IS a bit late, sorry folks, I kept forgetting. We gathered at the Vienna, IL. U.S. Forest Service office and then moved out to Bulge Hole Ecological Area, which is, “by the crow”, almost straight NorthRead More
Susan & Kerry Durfee led 22 other hikers into the North part of the Burden Falls Wilderness area today. It Was a perfect day to hike, with temps great for hiking and skies of blue. We again had several new hikers andRead More
On Saturday, April 9th, Bob Mulcahy led 14 other hikers into the Piney Creek Ravine, which in 2001, was put on the National Register of Historic Places. We had 4 new hikers. I had not been to this area prior to today,Read More
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 Bill Gilmour led 18 other hikers into the Jackson Hollow Ecological Area, which is East of Trigg Tower road. His original hike had been planned for the West Side of Trigg Tower road, into the Finke Sandstone areaRead More
Sunday, March 27th, The River to River Trail Society tried something a bit different. We had not attempted a “Sunday afternoon” hike in about 10 years. It went very well. Mark Motsinger led 27 other hikers, with, again, several new hikers, fromRead More
We had 23 hikers Saturday in the Packentuck- Camp Ondessonk area, to see 6 waterfalls, Yes!!! That many. They were all flowing. When we started, the wind Was blowing out of the North. But, as the old adage says, and was ProvenRead More
Sam Morales led 9 other hikers on a damp cloudy day in the Thacker Holllow & Pounds Hollow lake area. We met at the horse arena adjacent to Double M Campground, and left heading south. There are a Lot of trails thatRead More
What a Day to HIke!! (Can I write that again??) What a Great Day to Hike!! We started off the Spring 2022 Hiking season with a Bright, Sunny, Blue Sky, but Very cold & breezy. It had snowed the afternoon & eveningRead More
On a rainy, warm Saturday January 1st, 2022, 7 Hardy hikers gathered to follow the leader, Chris Drone, at the Bell Smith Springs parking lot to see where they might be able to go, with the skies ‘letting loose”. We did haveRead More
What a Grrreat day to finish up the Fall 2021 hiking season. Melanie Kasson was our leader at Wildcat Bluff, southwest of Vienna, IL. She led 23 hikers down the trail towards the Cache river, intending to cross it & head toRead More