The County Press

Seven Ponds to hold Trail Rally on June 29


Senta Masalskis deciphers a code by the butterfly garden at last year’s Trail Rally at Seven Ponds Nature Center in Dryden Township. Center staff will test nature lovers’ deductive skills again June 29 when they host their third annual Trail Rally. Seven Ponds Nature Center photo

Senta Masalskis deciphers a code by the butterfly garden at last year’s Trail Rally at Seven Ponds Nature Center in Dryden Township. Center staff will test nature lovers’ deductive skills again June 29 when they host their third annual Trail Rally. Seven Ponds Nature Center photo

DRYDEN TWP. — Do you like the great outdoors? Do brain teasers quicken your heart rate? Then staff at Seven Ponds Nature Center have just the thing for you.

The center will host its third annual Trail Rally from 5-8 p.m. June 29 at the center, 3854 Crawford Rd. “It’s always a riot,” said Naturalist Cathy Wesley.

Wesley, who created the event three years ago, said four-member teams will be given a packet of 10 clues at 5:30 p.m. The riddles in the packets will send teams down trails in search of scavenger hunts items. Teams that successfully decipher the clues will find a location with a rubber stamp to mark their clue packet lists with.

There is a $20 a person fee for Trail Rally, which includes snacks and a pizza dinner catered by Roza’s Pizza in Almont.

Wesley has geared the event to the 21- to 35-year-old crowd and participants do have to be at least 21 to participate.

Registration is required at www.sevenponds.org by June 23. For more information about Seven Ponds Nature Center and its programs, call 810-796-3200.

— Phil Foley