Write-up: Greg Sipp
Leader: Greg Sipp
Co-Leader: Russ Myers

The day started off with concerns about what the air quality would be like while hiking, would the wind shift, and how bad were the black flies and mosquitoes?  If that wasn’t enough, there was a phone call at the last minute from Tom S.  Hitting the wrong button (answer vs decline), I heard what I assume was Tom tearing up asking if he could please go on the hike.  He even threw Pam and Darleen in his request thinking that I wouldn’t say no.  I told him there was only room for two.  I would have thought chivalry would have won out, no such luck.  Tom told Pam the hike was cancelled.  The day was cool, fairly clear and relatively bug free, a great day to hike.  Making a slight detour (or as Paul would call it, “normal”) I added on a mile to the hike that was touted as 6.5 miles.  It was hard to pass up lunch on the Lake. Everyone did great navigating the mud and water that plagued some of the trail.