Today, Bob Mulcahy led us in Ferne Clyffe State Park. We did about 4 miles, a good amount on the River to River Trail. We had over Half of our participants as “Newbies”…some from Pope county/Metropolis, 1 from as far away asRead More
Steve Ryder’s hike at Pyramid State Park on Saturday was quite successful. There were fourteen hikers, including Steve. Steve had worked out a very good loop hike, and although there weren’t any bluffs or scenic wonders, it was a nice long walkRead More
I have been hiking with the River to River Trail Society for at Least 8, maybe 10 years. But. Yesterday, was the Largest number of people & hikers that I Ever had the pleasure of being with. 55 all total. We evenRead More
Saturday, November 16, 2019 Shawn Gossman lead his first successful River to River Trail Society hike at Heron Pond-Cache River State Natural Area (his other hike attempt was canceled due to rain last fall). The original idea was to hike from WildcatRead More
Sat. Nov. 9th , Mart Watson led 27 other hikers from Sand Cave, over to Hunting Branch. We did ‘start’ at Hunting Branch, then condensed & caravaned over to the “Cave” area. At the cave, Mart shared a few notes about theRead More
Sat. 11-2-19..We had a great day at Cedar Lake..Don Monty & Anne Gaylord led a total of 19 people. Bright Sun, slightly cool temps & leaves in Full Fall Color display were perfect for hiking. We also had a ‘tag-along’ leader(??)/participant..the blondeRead More
The group did an 8 mile hike around the west half of Ferne Clyffe State Park. The group drove to the R2R trail head on Happy Hollow Road and left a few vehicles and then proceeded over to Cedar Grove church. FromRead More
Another Great day for Hiking!!! Bill Gilmour led 22 into the Jackson Hollow E.A. entering at the sign on the road, just a couple miles north of Trigg tower. We kept working our way ‘down’ going along Massive sandstone bluffs & wallsRead More
It was a great day for our second hike. Temps were a cool in the morning but warmed up nicely. 24 hikers met at Goreville city park and car pooled over to the Panther Den trail head and all hikers completed theRead More
What a Grrreat day to start the Fall 2019 hiking season. 19 started…6 of those were “new” hikers..1 from Tennessee, 2 from Benton, & 3 from Hbg.& yes, 1 from the Chicago area.. Temps were perfect to start, but, warmed up byRead More