HSV Trails Scavenger Hunt

Hot Springs Village has over 20 miles of trails throughout the Village.  We also have a Trails Committee that plans new trails, helps maintain the current trails and promotes use of the existing trails.  To get HSV residents more familiar with the multiple trails in the Village, the Trails Committee recently sponsored a scavenger hunt.  The Committee published eight photos of items that could be found on 8 different trails.  Folks who find all eight items, indicate which trail they are on, and turn in their sheets will get a free lunch at the Balboa Pavilion.  Well, never one to pass up a free meal, Rosie and I joined up with Kay Ford's tour to the various sites on the trails.  Kay and her husband, Nelson, had already found all eight of the sites and she lead our group.  Maybe that's a bit of cheating, but we did get on all the trails and actually walked to every site.  So, in reality we were exposed to Village trails - some we had never been on before.

Here's a picture of our group at the first marker on the Hernando trail (off Desoto Blvd.):

Some of our group had to leave before we finished.  Here we are at the final spot (exposed tree roots) on the trail next to the Desoto golf course:

Since we finished near the west end of the Village and it was lunch time, Rosie and I headed off to the Shack.  Most of the group went to Sonic - how boring!

Thanks to Kay for coordinating and leading our small group.  We had a great time and learned some new trails.