Piasa Palisades Group Outings
We welcome all members and non-members
Bring a friend and introduce them to the Sierra Club mission:
Sierra Club Led Outings:
May 17, 2012 Monthly Bike Ride:
Leisurely, 10-mile loop with some hills on the Heritage,
Goshen and Nickel Plate trails.
Take a new side trail to get ice cream at Culver's.
Meet at 6 p.m. in the first parking lot at Miner's Park,
off South Main near the covered bridge in Glen Carbon. Google N38 44.947 W89
58.996 for a map.
Helmet required. Also bring light.
For more information, contact Jim Bensman at (618)
463-0714 orjbensman1@charter.net In
case of questionable weather, including extreme heat, call if you are not on the
outings listserv.
Note: upon arrival at a Sierra Club Outing, participants will have to sign both a Sign-In Sheet and Liability Waiver
A word from your Outings Chair (Carol Klinger)
“…Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast...a part
time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of your yourselves;
and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the
land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still
there. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends,
ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the
mountains, bag the peaks. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and
lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that
lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your
head and your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive…”
----- Edward Abbey (Author and Environmental Activist)
I have a challenge for everyone,
please commit to yourself to join at least one Sierra Club Outing this year!
It is a great way to connect with new friends
and to remind yourselves why it is so important to preserve this environment of
ours.
The
Outings Leaders are busy planning for this
year.
Watch the newsletter and the website for details.
Interested in helping out by becoming an
Outings Leader?
We can sure use you!
Contact me!
Carol Klinger (ciklinger@charter.net
or 618-288-5506)