By Becky’s best guesstimate a record breaking four score and twelve (aka 92 – love that Gettysburg Address language!) hikers showed up at Devil’s Den for our 14th season opener picnic. Great weather awaited us. We had enough people to form 4 hiking groups, one on Lee Creek trail, another scrambling in the crevices, and two groups on the Devil’s Den Trail starting at opposite ends and meeting in the middle. This led to a hiking stick showdown on the trail between Linda and Yours Truly; naturally YT won with her 2 stick to one advantage! All is fair in love and war! There used to be a whole bunch of rock cairns along Lee Creek, but most are gone so a few of us made some new ones.
2015-10-04 14th Season Kickoff Picnic


Our real treat was to see so many new faces mingling with our old diehards. Hopefully we didn’t scare off the newbies! As usual, the participants weighted down a groaning board with all sorts of salads, snacks, hot dishes, cold dishes, and calorie-laden desserts to complement all those doggies on the grill. One way we woo folks back to the trails is by laying a guilt trip on them for all those calories we wolfed down and therefore need to work off! Many thanks to Becky for organizing the picnic as usual!

Hoping to see all of you next Saturday hiking the Lake Alma Trail!