On a Sunny, but, windy Saturday March 1st, Sam Morales gathered 28 hikers at the Indian Kitchen trailhead to hike into the Lusk Creek Wilderness. He had asked for and received special permission from the U.S. Forest service to take a large group into the area. We crossed the road and headed into the forest. Along the way, we saw a Lot of trail improvement work done by the Back Country Horsemen group. They had cut logs and put them in areas where erosion had been causing problems, and then filled the “rectangles” with rock. Nice work. And there were quite a few spots where they had “stockpiled’ logs to be used for the same purpose. It made for a great walk into the woods. Along the way, we also noticed a few new signs. Almost 1/4th of our hikers today were “new” to a River to River Trail Society hike. We were Very glad to have them. We made our way to the “tie-up” area, then worked our way slowly down to the creek. It was pretty full, with water running over the rocky areas. We then all headed back up to the ‘tie-up” area, ate an early lunch, took the group picture there, and hiked back out to the pickups that had been spotted at the end of Indian Kitchen road. It was a Great day to be out taking a walk in the woods with friends. 

Next weeks’ hike, on Saturday, March 8th, will be meeting at the top of High Knob, to be led by Todd Carr. 

Until then, See ya’ll On the Trail,