1. Hocking Hills, Logan, Ohio - 4 day trip - June 8 - 11, 2017.                           Call Pat - 741-6162 for details.  COTTAGES WILL ONLY BE HELD UNTIL JULY 15, 2016!!
2. Still plenty of rooms & bus seats for Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas - Oct. 9 - 13, 2016.  Non-refundable deposit $100.00 due when you sign up.
3. Owensboro - September 17 & 18, 2016.  Bus fare - $60.00.  Autos - $30.00. Due August 15, 2016.

What:  July Hike

When:  Saturday, July 9, 2016 - Happy 16th Anniversary!

Where:  Tioga Falls and Bridges to the Past, West Point, KY

              Buttermilk Falls, Brandenburg, KY

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Meet:  K-Mart, Breckenridge Lane & Taylorsville Road.

Time:  8:45 am (bus leaves promptly at 9:00 am);

           Return to Louisville approximately 5:30 pm.

Transportation:  School Bus - $5 per person for all who attend, whether on bus or driving.  All drivers please place your $5 in envelope with your/others name(s) on the outside.  No loose money unidentified from drivers.

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Hike:  10:00 am - 3:00 pm - includes two bathroom stops; 1st at 9:30 am at Thornton's at Gene Snyder & Dixie Highway, 2nd at 1:00 pm at DQ at Dixie Highway & Highway 1638 toward Brandenburg.

10:00 am - 11:30 am - Tioga Falls Trail follows a portion of the original Muldraugh Hill Road that was a route to the 19th Century Tioga Hotel.  This trail is 1.8 miles long & covers a moderately rugged route in the woods featuring hills & rocky surfaces, including a 130 foot waterfall emanating from Tioga Spring.

11:30 am - 12:45 pm - Bridges to the Past trail is approximately 2.0 miles in and out on the Old Louisville & Nashville stage coach route and features three stone bridges built more than 150 years ago, among the oldest in Kentucky.  Trail is a paved surface over cobblestones that follow a creek bed with natural history, wildflowers, limestone gorges, seasonal waterfalls, and caves.  Side trails at every bridge lead down to the creek, so you can examine the old stonework.  The flats along the creek, known as Poplar Spring, once served as a gypsy camp.  The trail ends at a chain-link fence at mile .88.  To your right is a waterfall that sheets down the hillside from a cave.  This section was called Dripping Springs by natives. Drovers, in the 1800s, often camped here with their livestock on the way to the Stockyards in Louisville.

1:00 - 1:30 pm - Quick stop at DQ for "sugar fix" & bathroom.

2:00 - 3:00 pm - Brandenburg - Buttermilk Falls trail is a 2.2 mile stretch of paved road with steep hillsides of big sycamores & beeches and small springs that bubble out of the hillsides.  Buttermilk Falls is not tall and spectacular, but it provides a soothing sound as milky water rushes in a wide cascade and forms a wide pool at the trail's edge.  Walk as much as you like & turn around.  There are very nice metal benches along the way to just sit & relax.

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Meal:  3:30 - 5:30 pm - Jailhouse Pizza, 125 Main Street, Brandenburg, KY 40108; 270-422-4660.  The old Meade County Jail, built in 1906, housed many unsavory characters, such as Hank Williams, Sr. and John Hunt Morgan (Morgan's Raiders). Outlaws Jesse & Frank James were guests of Old Meade County Hotel in the 1800s.  Some of the inmates decided not to leave i.e. Bigsby, who still roams the jail. From time to time you might see & hear things that can't be explained.

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