Stone Soup Hike
Yesterday, the State Journal-Register had a picture from the Stone Soup Hike held at Carpenter Park. They even put it on their website.
I surprised myself by getting up early enough on New Years Day to join the hike. One of the nice things about hiking with a group of nature lovers, besides the fact that they're great people, is that you get all kinds of information about which plants are native, what they're named, what's being done to preserve the park and so on. I never knew so much about Carpenter Park. I think this was my first time there since my boy scout days.
It was also interesting to see the soup come together as everyone brought an ingredient to throw in. This was my first year going and I'll definitely be back next year.