Hello Hikers!
Wednesday March 29
Monkey Run Natural Area, south side of Fall Creek – Varna
Five Susans!
Official head count: 25H, five D
Saturday April 1
Michigan Hollow Road to Hill Road on the FLT, Danby SF
Another pretty unappetizing day for a hike — we had a cold drizzle the whole time, though the two hourly forecast sites I checked ahead of time both said there was no chance of rain at all
On the other hand, it was tremendously atmospheric, with fog and mist and a great gloomy lighting, so it was really fun to be out
As I hoped, there was very little mud — no way to know if it was because the trail was so steep — but there was a good deal of standing water in the first part of the walk, and then on Hill Road
The group was quite small at the official start time but a number of people trickled in late and caught up with us, and we ended up as a normal-sized hike. That’s Randy in front — just back from 2 1/2 months at his second home in Southern California, where he did a lot of hiking
We almost never encounter ATVs — I like the novelty
I hadn’t worn a rain jacket and my coat was soaked when we got back to the cars — but it’s synthetic and it really was still warm even when wet, as advertised
Official head count: 18H, five D
You can see Jack V’s photos here
Sunday April 2
Robert Treman SP on the FLT
The parking lot was congested like I’d never seen before — a number of big pickups parked there when we arrived — then I remembered … day no. 2 of trout season
A partial group shot …. more than half the group not shown — they’d already fallen behind on the first steep uphills
Almost no mud or standing water
Official head count: 31H, seven D
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