Piasa Palisades Group Outings

                                                                                                                                                                                              
Outings Photos

We welcome all members and non-members

  Bring a friend and introduce them to the Sierra Club mission:

• Explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth;
• Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources;
• Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment;

Monthly Full Moon Hike - Take a night hike every full moon at the Nature Institute's Camp Talahi.
 

Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 7:30 pm

Directions and Details of moonlight hikes

For more information, please contact leader Sandy Wood at 618-463-0358.

Annual Summer Picnic

Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Beaver Dam State Park, seven miles SW of Carlinville, will be the site of our annual picnic. Members and guests are invited to go hiking or boating in the early afternoon or just show up for the potluck meal at 3 pm at Pavilion #3.

For more information, please contact leader Wayne Politsch at 618-466-6150 or Bob Larson at 618-462-2925.

Monthly Bike Ride

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Cover about 15 miles on Madison County Transit’s Schoolhouse Trail. Meet at 6 p.m. at the YMCA Esic Center, 1 Town Center Drive in Maryville (near Illinois 159 and Interstate 55/70). Ride to Horseshoe Lake in Granite City and back. Stop for ice cream at Culver’s in Collinsville. For more information, call Jim Bensman at (618) 463-0714 or send an e-mail to jbensman1@charter.net.

CANCELLED!

Tour of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center, SIUE

Thursday, August 21, 2008. 3 pm (45 minute tour) - They cancelled for the 3rd time and we deeply apologize to you!

For more information, please contact leader Dave Gocken at 618-656-8304.

Overnight Float Trip on Big Piney River, MO.

Friday-Sunday, August 22-24, 2008. Details soon!

Camp Friday night at outfitter’s campground and Saturday night on a gravel bar. For more information, call Larry Tucker at (618) 462-0649 or Jim Bensman at (618) 463-0714.