Saturday April 12, 2025 Hike Summary

This morning, 22 hikers, with a few arriving late, because of flooded roads, gathered at the North end of Snake road, in Union county, to be led by Shawn Gossman. We took the group picture 1st thing, because some hikers would have a different pace, stopping to look for and take pictures of wildflowers and seek any possible moving critters. There were quite a few other people out for the day doing the same thing..out to see what they could find and for the exercise. The temps were just a tad on the cool side, and no animal/amphibian movement was observed. There were plenty of tadpoles and other things swimming in the small ponds of water close to the road. We also observed the damage to a stretch of the road that the recent torrential rains had created. Several marveled at the limestone bluffs on the east edge of the roadway, and explored at the base of those bluffs to seek out any possible wildlife movement, but, alas, none was found. The day was bright & sunny, just plainly a good day to the outside.
Next week’s hike, on Saturday April 19th, will be meeting at Stoneface in Southern Saline county, to be led by Gillum Ferguson.
Until then, “See ya’ll On the Trail”.