Write-up: Mike Huss, Open Hike Coordinator
Leader: Richard Miller
Co-Leader: Mary Lou Miller

Sunday was the first Open Hike on the schedule. This is a new experiment for the Tramp & Trail Club. When we have a date in the schedule that we cannot fill, we schedule an “Open Hike.” Instead of having a day with no hike, we meet and pick a leader and a place to hike. The first open hike was a great success. Six people showed up (many of our regular hikers were at the Delaware Water Gap) and Richard & Mary Lou Miller suggested we do an old Tramp favorite at Hughes Road. All agreed and we followed the Millers to Hughes Road. It was supposed to be a dead-end road with a nice hiking trail to the river. The Millers were surprised to find a new road was built where the old trail was, and camp sites were being sold along the new dirt road. Gate Way Prosperities had bought the land and built the dirt road. We walked it and saw all the new lots for sale. Many had been purchased and camps were built. Some lots had just driveways with trailers on the property. Just goes to show you that nothing stays the same. The world keeps on changing.