December 12 Hike

Bob Merkel writes:

We didn't want to do this hike during mosquito season but that's long past. The Save Our Bosque Task Force has developed, over the past few years, a very pleasing hiking/biking/horseback-riding trail along the west side of the river that runs all the way from San Antonio to San Acacia. There are about fifteen picnic areas with concrete picnic tables and firepits along the way. There's even a handicapped-accessible section of it between two of the picnic areas.

This is a hike of 3 miles or so that will be one-way with a convenient short car shuttle. The starting point for the hike will be at the "Sandbar" picnic area a couple of miles north from the east end of Otero Street and the ending point will be Escondida Bridge. The road along the Low Flow Conveyance Channel is "smooth" gravel but high clearance vehicles will be helpful.

Let's meet at the Socorro Public School admin. bldg. on Franklin St. at 9 am as usual and dressed for the weather, whatever it might be that day.