For late December, the weather was insane! It was close to 50 degrees and very sunny most of the time - there's was no way I could stay inside today so I ventured over to Trumbull WTHOUT MY BIKE! It rained like mad yesterday and I knew the park would be a swamp so I thought it best to hike.
I started out at the Whitney Ave lot and checked out a possible log river crossing just a bit downstream from Coyote Crossing. I opted not to try this one!
So I continued on south on the Rail Trail and think I discovered another ancient carriage road. I wondered if the Churchill Road entrance that the town has planned will descend here?
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Two photos digitally enhanced to highlight the carriage road remnants...
Since the forest was clear of undergrowth -- I decided to photograph the cow tunnels as it was right near the carriage road vestiges.
A little further on, a tree seemed to grow right out of the rock!
I finally decided to shimmy across the river on this fallen log. The river was really raging but I made it across...
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and even got a nice photo looking downstream near the middle!:-)
Looking back - woo-eee!
Sadly, once I got to the Serengeti I noticed the boardwalk had already shifted - the rain was been relentless and even the current here is pretty strong!
But golly...(said in a
Gomer Pyle voice) it is still gorgeous in the "green moss canyon"
The Copper Creek was filled to the brim!
(Rain, rain, go away- for drier days we ALL do pray!)
Finally to get back to the car - I trekked up thru I
ndian Ledges - the trails are freaking awesome!!!
Oops - I almost forgot to mention - my task today was to gray out the old White Blazes as that trail will be re-blazed out of the Serengeti up thru the Sandy Shore trail, etc. I will return with a friend sometime soon to complete the White Trail blazing ...
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