2 groups of hikers left the Backpackers’ Parking lot Saturday Oct. 27th…1 group of 5, led by Fred Scott, headed South out to Indian Point. We saw Lots of fellow sight-seers…people from 2+ hours away. We ‘welcomed’ them to Southern Illinois, told them to be safe and come back soon. The 2nd group, led by Brian DeNeal, headed North and hit parts of 3-4 different trails, including out to the “Big H”…they saw Plenty of “resistant rocks”..plenty of Liesegang banding. The morning was cloudy & almost foggy, but, by 11:30 am, began clearing off..and tree colors were starting to show nicely. We did have a couple of new hikers, including 1 from Ottawa, Illinois.