Kentuckiana Hiker’s Review

I’m in the top 2 or 3 right now with the theme “Light”.

Here’s my entry for this month:

Louisville Hiking and Backpacking Meetup
It was a bracingly cold morning on Friday Jan. 1st as we hit the trail right at 9:30 AM and made our way down the Fire Tower trail to start our day. After a frosty group photo on top of the Fire Tower, we made our way down the #2 [...]

I expected the Fall colors to be peaking by now, but it looks like the next 2 weeks will see the best of the colors in the Kentuckiana area.
On Saturday, I hiked 2 trails in Bernheim Forest (Cull Hollow and Guerilla Hollow) and the colors were definitely coming on, but as of now, the deep [...]

Haven’t had the writing bug, but I thought I’d share some of my recent photos.
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The Siltstone Trail in Jefferson Memorial Forest has a small section near the Scott’s Gap Rd. trailhead that is only twenty paces wide. What makes this section unusual is that this short width extends for many miles in length. It is what I like to call a power line cut; an area kept clear of [...]

Looks like I’ll be tinkering with my home computer for a few days trying to get my boot drive back up and running.
Computers can be a pain in the a**.

I spotted a giant walking stick on the Mitc h McConnell trail in Jefferson Memorial Forest Sunday evening along with a patch of stunning, though unidentified mushrooms. Here are the images.
Giant Walking Stick (missing 2 legs)

Mushrooms on the Blue Trail

It was extremely humid  and hot so I took the three mile shortcut as opposed to [...]

Short stories from trails around Kentuckiana
Do You Smell Cucumbers?
On a recent hike, I joined the Louisville Hiking and Backpacking Meetup Group in Jefferson Memorial Forest. (A great group if you’re looking to get into the local outdoors!) During the hike, I heard an interesting rumor about smells on the trail. That’s right, smells.
Apparently, it is [...]

Aww shucks
http://connect.sierraclub.org/post/OnTrack/shout_out_meet_gonzo_john.html

While doing a little research online for an upcoming blog, I was looking at the map of Bernheim Forest and came upon a surprise. Having been a visitor to Bernheim since I was 3 years old, I thought I knew the name and location of every trail in the park.
But lo and behold, there it [...]