Fred and I have been doing what we can to enjoy the forest, in daylight and in darkness. Last night we hiked on the trail between Hillfield and Long Point roads. We enjoyed a campfire for a while before returning to our vehicles. It felt colder than it actually was, last night, but the moon and clear sky made for a nice hike.
On Sunday, we actually went out during the day. We explored The Enchanted Forest and tried to find our way down to Holsten Creek, but we turned around about 0.3 miles (about 0.5 km) before we got there. We just decided we’d rather get back to the vehicles before it got dark. I’m glad we did, because the temperature drops pretty fast once the sun goes down.
Next time, we’ll start at Holsten creek and hike the other direction. It won’t take long to meet the trail we left on our north-bound hike.
There really isn’t much to report. The trails need work. The best sections are from the trail head at HW58 and Long Point Rd to Haywood Landing and from Haywood Landing to Long Point Rd. The rest of the trail varies between really easy and pretty sketchy. Of course, I say that from the perspective of a night hiker. Hiking in daylight makes navigating a lot easier.
There are places where trees have fallen across the trail. In some cases, they’ve obscured the trail enough that it’s hard to tell where the trail was supposed to go. If you have a general sense of where the trail goes, it’s usually not hard to get back on the trail, but if it’s your first or second time in that section, or if you are hiking at night, it can be challenging.
I hope you like the pictures. It’s winter, the scenery is gray, most of the leaves are on the ground, and I’m usually not hiking in daylight, but I do try to capture interesting things. The picture on the right is of a bead of water that has been captured in a spider web. I spotted it and Fred took the photo.
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