Hello Hikers!
Wed Oct 24
South Danby Road west to Curtis Road and beyond on the FLT, Danby SF
Another rainy morning, though it wasn’t raining hard
Aside from the six people in the photo here, there were three more hikers right nearby in phone touch — but somehow we failed to connect with them — then they went home early because they ran into heavy mud and they didn’t want their dogs to get totally mud-covered
The fall weather has produced a lot of mushrooms this year — these are chicken of the woods
Official head count: 10H, six D
Sat Oct 27
Rained out
Sun Oct 28
Michigan Hollow Road to Hill Road on the Abbott Loop, Danby SF
Raining lightly for the first half of the hike — by now everyone has gotten accustomed to wet hikes and we all just ignored it
We started with a bit of drama — this ditch has become extremely hard to navigate and it took a while to get everyone safely across — it’s much trickier than it may look — in the past, one of our hikers took a very nasty fall here
The scenery is generally much better than average on this walk — the downside is that the outbound leg up to Hill Road is really quite strenuous
The rain stopped half way through — great atmospherics!
Crossing the ditch isn’t as hard in the reverse direction, but it still provided a little excitement for everyone
Official head count: 16H, five D