Thursday October 8
Seven hikers from St. Louis arrived at Trigg Tower about 9 PM where I was waiting for them in a steady rain. We shuttled two vehicles to High Knob to be there when we would arrive on Sunday getting back to Trigg Tower about midnight.
Friday October 9
We departed Trigg Tower about 9 AM in a steady rain. Rain was to continue all day as we hiked east. Here we are stopping in the Tin Whistle Tunnel for a short break.
We couldn't find anyplace out of the rain for lunch so here we stood and ate while it continued to rain on us.
About 5 PM we made Circle B Ranch where we decided to stay for the night. Denny and Connie Maxon, the proprietors, were great to us, letting us stay inside their community building and run the wood stove where we dried out.
Saturday October 10
We got away from Circle B about 8 AM after enlisting one of the campers to take a group shot of us.
From Circle B Ranch we headed into the Lusk Creek Wilderness. Crossing Lusk Creek at Old Guest Farm crossing required us to remove our boots and carry them.
After visiting Salt Peter Cave briefly we took a lunch break at Secret Canyon.
We continued on to Herod and then stopped for the night on a high bluff with a nice view toward Garden of the Gods.
Sunday October 11
The sign said Garden of the Gods one way. The River to River Trail went another direction. We had little choice other than to use a round of bear, ninja, cowboy to determine which way to go. (ie. a variation on rock paper scissors - bear kills ninja, ninja kills cowboy and cowboy kills bear). Here Jeff slays Todd's bear choice with his six- shooters.
Sunday morning we spent quite a while at Garden of the Gods.
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