Rain quit, right exactly when we asked it to..13 showed up to hike..&we did., all nice & muddy, crossed Many streams, trails were even streams. Jim Todd led us today. Yeah, the ‘walk/slog” out…was tiring, but, all went well today in PantherRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its sixth guided hike of the Spring, 2018 on Saturday, April 14, at Panther Den Wilderness in Union County. The hike is free and open to the public. Meet at 10:00 a.m. at Goreville City Park, 313 West Main Street (GorevilleRead More
What Snow??…Where?? When??? David Cooper led a Great hike today…a total of 20 met at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge office..and we moved 8 miles down the road to the Turkey Trail & Rocky Bluff Trail … Skies cleared, and, onceRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fifth guided hike of the spring, 2018 hiking season, on Saturday, April 7, on the Rocky Bluff and Wild Turkey trails at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at the Crab Orchard NWR Visitors’ Center at 8588Read More
On Saturday’s hike from Giant City SP to the ghost town of Progress on Rocky Comfort Road we had 23 hikers. At least 3-4 of the hikers to were new to the R2R Trail Society hikes. Hike leader Steve Gariepy did anRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its fourth guided hike of the spring, 2018 hiking season, on Saturday, March 31. The hike is free and open to the public, and will run between Giant City State Park and Rocky Comfort Road. Meet atRead More
After last weeks huge crowd on a sunny day, today’s hike in the Cedar Creek area started out with 6 hikers and ended with 5 after Eric Johnson only did half of it. It stopped raining about 10 minutes before we startedRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its third guided hike of the spring, 2018 season, on Saturday, March 24, along Cedar Creek in Johnson County, Illinois. Meet at 10:00 a.m. at Tunnel Hill-New Simpson School on Route 45, between Ozark and Vienna, Illinois.Read More
What.A.Crowd!!! Wowzer!!! 38 hikers today, on a Warm humid day. They just kept rollin’ in to go with us..Bill Gilmour did a Heckuva job as hike leader. ..saw some Great Big Mounds…of sandstone..Had some people returning, some new hikers…Pickups Were Loaded…I amRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its second guided hike of the spring, 2018 hiking season, on Saturday, March 17, at Pine Hollow in Pope County, Illinois. The hike is free and open to the public. Meet at 10:00 a.m. at Parking LotRead More