It was a Beautiful day for a hike on Saturday, October 26th. 19 hikers gathered at the Little Grand Canyon trail head parking lot to be led by Cody Evans. This was Codys’ 2nd time for leading a hike and he did a Great job. Thanks Sir!!  We had 5-6 new hikers to the Trail Society, including a couple from just across the river in Cape Girardeau. The parking lot filled up with many other hikers. Fall leaf colors were on Full display with greens, yellows, reds & orange prominent. We went down the trail “counter-clockwise, heading down and into the  canyon.  We got to the bottom, crossed the dry streams, saw a cotton-mouth snake on a log, (3rd hike out of 4 this fall we have seen a snake of some sort).  Then, we started working our way up. There were so many hikers out, that we met several who had been at the parking lot and went out “clockwise”. We took the group picture at the scenic overlook, and didn’t need any tripod setup…we just asked another hiker to take the pictures. We then, “added” 2 hikers. They had taken a wrong turn, got to the parking lot about 10 minutes late, and joined up with us, so, net, we had 21 hikers in our group for the day.  We got back to the parking lot just after noon, where some left, some ate their lunch, and some went on an “afterhike”, led by Bob Mulcahy.  The regular hike covered about 3.5 miles for the day. 

One hiker did a very nice deed. David Cooper had a wire coat hanger, and helped a woman & her 2 sons, who had locked all their keys in their vehicle. He stayed, and “worked” the wire to get the job done. 

Next weeks’ hike, is in the Panther Den, led by Chris Drone. Until then, “See Ya’ll on the Trail.