Our first hike!
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Trail: Laurel Falls (part of the Appalachian Trail)
Distance: 4.5 miles round trip...if done correctly...
Elevation gain: 670 feet
TNT Time: 2.5 hours
This was just an adventure all around. Bored out of our minds (this is what happens when you can't find a job and are waiting for more phone calls than you can even remember...), we decided to go for a hike to fill our afternoon. So, after dinner we packed up the camera and headed out. And promptly got lost. "What was the name of that road? Douglas something? Dillon Beech Road?" None of the locals were very familiar with the trails, and since we didn't know the road name, the GPS wasn't helpful. A quick phone call resulted in a google search which got us back on our way.
It was a nice hike overall. We got a little off the correct trail and ended up at a shelter where we accidentally interrupted a backpacking couple's...erm..."preparations for later activities". Which was awkward. But they did direct us down to the falls, where we were headed.
OK, enough rambling. Here are the pictures.
This is the creepy little bridge we had to cross. I mean, it's not even that high, but it was a little shaky, and it only had a rail on one side!
A pretty view looking up. Pretty typical of what we saw during our hike down the the falls. Much of it was cut out of the rock, with lots of trees, naturally.
Hooray! We made it...about an hour before sunset. "Let's get the heck out of here before it gets dark!"
And here it is. The way out. See those rocks going on a diagonal in the photo? Yeah, that's the path. According to one of the online hike guides we looked at, those "steps" (and let me tell you, each of them is a TALL step, and it's a steep climb!) comprise the first 1/3 mile of the hike back to the trailhead. Ouch.
We got back to the car and down off the mountain (including the scary road it took to get there!) before sunset, which was a plus. It was a nice, though slightly stressful hike due to time constraints.
Distance: 4.5 miles round trip...if done correctly...
Elevation gain: 670 feet
TNT Time: 2.5 hours
This was just an adventure all around. Bored out of our minds (this is what happens when you can't find a job and are waiting for more phone calls than you can even remember...), we decided to go for a hike to fill our afternoon. So, after dinner we packed up the camera and headed out. And promptly got lost. "What was the name of that road? Douglas something? Dillon Beech Road?" None of the locals were very familiar with the trails, and since we didn't know the road name, the GPS wasn't helpful. A quick phone call resulted in a google search which got us back on our way.
It was a nice hike overall. We got a little off the correct trail and ended up at a shelter where we accidentally interrupted a backpacking couple's...erm..."preparations for later activities". Which was awkward. But they did direct us down to the falls, where we were headed.
OK, enough rambling. Here are the pictures.
This is the creepy little bridge we had to cross. I mean, it's not even that high, but it was a little shaky, and it only had a rail on one side!
A pretty view looking up. Pretty typical of what we saw during our hike down the the falls. Much of it was cut out of the rock, with lots of trees, naturally.
Hooray! We made it...about an hour before sunset. "Let's get the heck out of here before it gets dark!"
And here it is. The way out. See those rocks going on a diagonal in the photo? Yeah, that's the path. According to one of the online hike guides we looked at, those "steps" (and let me tell you, each of them is a TALL step, and it's a steep climb!) comprise the first 1/3 mile of the hike back to the trailhead. Ouch.We got back to the car and down off the mountain (including the scary road it took to get there!) before sunset, which was a plus. It was a nice, though slightly stressful hike due to time constraints.
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Pretty!
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