Laurel Falls 10.16.18

WELCOME BACK NANCY!  Our snowbird Nancy is back and she led this hike!  After several head counts we determined that we had a very large group of 19!  The day was overcast and we were a little worried about rain, but all we got was a couple of drops about midway through the hike.  This hike was rated as easy-moderate.  The moderate part was the distance and that we had to crawl through a hole in some rocks to continue on the trail.  When we reached Laurel Falls it was flowing nicely and everyone sat on one of the large rocks and had a snack.  The rain held off until we were comfortable eating our lunch.  This hike was a total of 5.4 miles and lasted just about 4 hours.  Following the hike, most of the hikers had a nice lunch meal at the Screen Door in Dayton.  If you would like to see a lot of pictures including a map and altitude graph, click here.  Thank you John P. for contributing some of the pictures.

Booker T. Washington S. P. 10.13.18

Well, I sort of made a mistake.  I failed to look at the schedule for the 13th and missed a hike I would have liked to have taken.  Anyway, the hike was led by Jean.  One of our snowbird regulars, Nancy A., joined us as she was escaping a Maine Winter.  This was Jean's first experience as a hike leader.  While leading, she had a minor hiccup and lost five hikers.  Luckily for cell phones and the two groups rejoined coming from opposite directions.  Donna P. split off at this point and led a few on a longer loop.  Nancy, on her first outing in a while, fell victim to that old hikers adage, "it's only a quarter mile away...".  Overall it was a great fall day for hiking and everyone had a great time, especially Jean!  If you would like to see a few pictures of the group, click here.