Sproul Hike Offered Sights and Sounds

by Ed Lawrence, KTA Trail Care Coordinator

​Sproul Forester Ted Ligenza delivered on his promise (and then some) to offer an interesting hike into the heart of laurel country on June 15. Leading 13 participants through a section of the T-Squared Trail north of Hyner Run State Park, Clinton County, the trailhead parking lot was alive with the distinctive rattle of the first of 3 rattlesnakes we encountered along the floral route. Ted led the way wearing snake chaps and brandishing a walking stick that beat the bushes when the hikers needed to go off-trail to avoid a snake curled up in the middle of the trail. It was an invigorating walk with full-blown bouquets of white and pink laurel blossoms lining parts of the trail. Many thanks to Ted for leading a hike that was both visually and sonically stunning.