January 1, 2014

First Day Hike

The annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

Denise Dowling, right, a natural resource manager with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, leads the annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

Debbie Baird, left, Marsha Lintner and Zane Lintner, 12, make their way down the Lake Trail during the annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

Denise Dowling, left, a natural resource manager with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, leads the annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

Denise Dowling, a natural resource manager with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, leads the annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

Debbie Baird, left, Marsha Lintner, Zane Lintner, 12, and Denise Dowling, right, a natural resource manager with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, make their way down the Lake Trail during the annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

Debbie Baird, right, and Denise Dowling, a natural resource manager with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, make their way down the Lake Trail during the annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

Debbie Baird, right, listens as Denise Dowling, a natural resource manager with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, talks to hikers before the start of the annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

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The annual First Day Hike Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Trail of Tears State Park. Free, guided hikes were offered in state parks in all fifty states on New Years Day including 45 locations in Missouri.

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