Lone Star Lakes 3-22-22

30 Tuesday groupers met at Lone Star Lakes in Suffolk on March 22^nd, for a 5.5 mile hike on an absolutely perfect Spring Day. Temperatures started our in the high 50’s and were in the low 70’s by lunch. Lone Star Lakes was a former Marl Mine from 1920 – 1971. The marl, a key raw material for cement, was barged via the Nansemond, James and Elizabeth rivers to the Portland Cement works in South Norfolk.

Hikers were also advised to be on the lookout for the elusive Lone Start Lakes Alligator – a picture of it, taken the prior Saturday just 100 feet off the trail, was shown around.