The mild winter seems to be seamlessly blending into spring--I don't want to jinx anything because March blizzards are not unheard of, but it's in the 70s all week and things are starting to bloom. HOORAY!
We had a productive weekend between me catching up on graduate work and Husband working on his pottery before the spring/summer selling season, but we took a break on Sunday to knock off another few miles on the Horse-Shoe Trail. We picked up where we left off at the Rees Road access point and did six miles to where we left the second car at Brightside Farm. It was an easy walk, again on a good deal of paved roads (with fast moving traffic, yikes).
It's neat on these walks to see how these routes that I drive so often connect through the woods. I have a TERRIBLE sense of direction so it's hard for me to make sense of how places connect sometimes. We passed an alpaca farm, saw some massive hawks and definitely heard a little more chatter from the birds than the last time. We also passed the Great Valley Nature Preserve, which has been on my list to check out for a while.
We may end up going last-minute backpacking this weekend--looks like it's supposed to be nice. If not, I think we'll try to do a nice long portion of trail.
Distance: 6 miles (Rees Road to Brightside Farm)
All-in-all: Another pleasant and easy (relatively unexciting) portion of the HST.
Links: www.hstrail.org
