Saturday, March 30, 2019 Hike Announcement

The River-to-River Trail Society announces its third guided hike of the spring, 2019 hiking season, on Saturday, March 30. The hike is free and open to the public. This hike will be in the area between Sand Cave and Millstone Lake, and is of moderate difficulty, intended for people in good health who have done some walking. Hikers should meet at 10:00 a.m. at the Shawnee Mart on Route 145 in Eddyville, Illinois. Boots or sturdy shoes and hiking sticks are strongly recommended. Hikers should bring their own water and a snack. No dogs, please. For information or directions, call (618) 499-2337.  It is estimated that this hike will be just over 6 miles.

Submitted by:

Gillum Ferguson, Secretary

River-to-River Trail Society

March 23, 2019 Hike Summary

Yesterdays’ weather was Sooo nice on the hike led by Vicki Mosberger Ferguson & Gillum Ferguson, that some of the 24 hikers started gettin’ nake…shedding outer layers of clothing, 5 minutes into the hike.(NO, nothing to see folks, moving on…) We did “something Old & New”..(was anyone wearing anything blue or borrowed??).started at the Rim Rock parking lot and went the traditional ‘top’ route, down the stairs, to Ox Lot cave (really just a Massive shelter bluff), crossed the creek and up a bank, crossed a rock barrens, then wound our way around Pounds Hollow lake seeing a Natural Arch just above the dam/spillway..ate lunch at the beach area, then took the Beaver Trail back to the lower Rim Rock area. On the way back..we met over a dozen people out for a hike themselves..I think we had at Least 4 New hikers, including an 8 yr. old who was unfazed by anything. .The only ‘bad’ thing of the day..several filled 4 small bags with trash..but, those bags were later retrieved to be disposed of properly..which is a Good thing. Only YOU..can prevent trash in the Shawnee National Forest.