22 hikers gathered on a warm Saturday, October 18th, to be led down the Wild Turkey trail in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife refuge and other trails by Cathy Jennings, todays’ hike leader. We had 1 new hiker from the Carbondale area and the rest were returning hikers. Skies were cloudy, and there was a chance of rain, but, fortunately, no precipitation occurred at all. We crossed several bridges and streams, saw several “potential” waterfalls, but, with the continued dry weather, just no “moving” water. We stopped about noon, ate lunch, and then took the group picture against a background of a small rock outcrop. We encountered a few other hikers, told them about our group, and were back at the gathering point before 130pm. We hiked about 4.5 miles.