Marcie Hird, center, of the YMCA of Auburn-Lewiston, leads Connie Browning, left, of Auburn and Browning’s sister, Arlene Levesque of Lisbon, on a hike Tuesday through the YMCA Outdoor Learning and Education Center in Auburn. The hike is the third of a four-part series that was intended to be on snowshoes. “This has not been the year for snowshoeing,” Levesque says in reference to the lack of snow this winter. The next hour-long hike is scheduled for March 5 at 9:45 a.m. along the 2 miles of trails at the center. Hird says, “We explore, get to know new people and chit chat.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal