On Saturday morning May 6th, was our last hike of the Spring 2023 hiking season. Fred Scott was our leader. We met at Taylor Methodist church parking lot on U.S. Rt. 45, North of Vienna, We then moved to the trailhead at theRead More
Saturday morning, April 29th, 17 hikers, with Chris Drone as guide leader, gathered at the old Shawnee mart at Eddyville, Illinois. We had new hikers from Livingston county Illinois, and, from Northwest Tennessee. In fact, we had as many New hikers withRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 10th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on May 6th. Hiking: Max Creek (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a 5 mile loop hike. The leaderRead More
Saturday, April 22, was cool, but sunny, with a bit of wind. 11 of us gathered at Fishing Hole lane, Dutchman lake, not far from the boat ramp, North of Vienna, and our co-leaders for the hike were Cathy Jennings & MelanieRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 9th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 29th. Hiking: Ruby Falls/Bay Creek (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be a hike of moderate difficulty, 6Read More
On Sat April 15th, 18 hikers met Leader Bob Mulcahy on Cedar Grove Rd, where the River to River Trail crosses. We had hikers from Chicago to Metropolis and 1 from Missouri. We were ‘on trail ‘ most all day long. WeRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 8th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 22nd. Hiking: Dutchman Lake Loop (Johnson County). This hike is free and open to the public. This hike will be of moderate difficulty, 5 milesRead More
Saturday April 8th, Steve Melville led 12 hikers into the woods just North of Camp Cadiz. It was a sunny day ,with a couple of new hikers, 1 from Sullivan Illinois. We were “off-trail” over 80% of the time and hiked aboutRead More
The River-to-River Trail Society announces its 7th public hike of the 2023 spring hiking season on April 15th. Hiking: Crow Knob and Miller Grove National Historic area (Pope County). This hike is free and open to the public. This will be aRead More
On Saturday April 1st, 7 hikers (none were ‘new’ hikers) met Sam Morales, hike leader, at New Simpson HIll school, on a sunny, windy, cool morning. We then moved out to the Gum Springs Trailhead. The parking area already had 2 horseRead More