Hiking Group Schedule and Information

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Being that March 20th is the first day of Spring, no better hike fitting then to Hike with the Herons, at Holland Ponds. This park has the largest Heron Rookery in S.E. MI. Home to more then 35 nesting pairs. To see these magnificent birds, gracefully maneuver in the tallest trees in the park, is a sight in itself. We will take a Hike to the nesting area, which is not very gar at all, from the parking lot. From there we have many options. It is a very short circle back to the parking area, less then 2 miles, or we can do a big loop that takes us along the river before heading back. It will be your choice.

This will be our first kinda “meet & Greet” gathering. Not really a meet & greet, but rather an IDEAS and SUGGESTIONS Campfire. Since Hiking Michigan has always been the members group, and we have done pretty much what the members have wanted to do, we are getting together around a nice Campfire and taking suggestions for Hikes and activities for this Spring and Summer. A special place you may want to visit, or a certain kind of Outdoor activity you may want to try. After we have sat around the fire with some Hot tea, we will take a short Hike in the Park.

Just about everyone has some sort of GPS unit these days. Either an official GPS, handheld device, or something interwoven into their phone or Blackberry. Want to know how to really use it? Well this will be your chance. Darrin will be demonstrating the operations of GPS units on this dedicated hike. He suggests even bringing your owners manual before the Hike, so that he may
personally assist you in getting your specific unit functioning and set up for YOU. Darrin will be taking us around the park and explaining the various functions of what is standard with most GPS units.

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Coming in April, we will be doing an overnight Tent Campout. This will be your chance to get some experience and exchange ideas with other tent campers, on the best equipment and tricks for an enjoyable Tent camping experience.

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HIKING MICHIGAN is just a group of people who's goals are to educate and help all people to understand and enjoy Nature and outdoor activities for the knowledge and health of it. We started out giving lectures and talks to local Libraries and grade school classes in 1998, and have expanded to include a Bimonthly NewsLetter, a HIKING GROUP with regular scheduled Nature style Hikes and outdoor activities based in teaching proper respect, understanding and knowledge of plants, animals, insects & other nature related issues. As well as having a good time outdoors, we hope to show how all of nature interconnects with one another to make up the diverse habitats & ecosystems we all enjoy here in our state of Michigan. HIKING MICHIGAN is very involved with the S.E. Michigan Park systems, not just the State Parks, but the Metro and County Parks as well. We work closely with the various Park Supervisors and Rangers to assist in improvement projects, information sharing & mapping park lands, special events and general promotion of the Parks and their activities. It costs nothing to anyone interested in receiving our Bi-Monthly NewsLetter, with outdoor articles on local Parks activities, Organized Hikes - Events, and Nature knowledge. It costs nothing to download the various Maps and informational sheets available on this web site and Bulletin Board. Just about everything is free for just sending us an email, which makes you an automatic member.