Sundays are almost always geocaching days, but it’s rare that I go out solo on
a Sunday. Today, circumstances just worked out that way. A half-dozen caches
came out recently on the
Kernersville Mountain Bike Trail — which, until they did, I had no idea even existed. It’s been around
since 2013 but no one had ever placed caches there until friend
Feathered Friends (a.k.a. Big Tom) learned of its existence and
set things to right.
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| I think the spiders got ’em one. |
The park has only a wee tiny parking area, and when I arrived this morning, it
was full (and then some). So, I hied myself over to nearby Triad Park and cut
across country to the bike trail. It’s a lovely wooded area, with 3.9 miles of
well-maintained trail. Given the number cars in the lot, I was afraid I’d end
up running into quite a few cyclists along the trail, but I actually did not —
I only had to yield to one bike on my entire hike. Since I mostly cut across
the winding trails, I ended up putting in 1.9 miles (and burning 880 calories,
according to my Health app).
The northern section of the trail winds around and across a couple of streams,
with numerous accompanying deep ravines. Some of those ravines brought to mind
the spider pit from King Kong (1933, not that more modern
claptrap). In fact, based on the visual evidence I came upon, I’m pretty sure
the spiders got themselves one.
I couldn’t have bought a more beautiful morning in the woods. I’ve another
busy, breakneck week ahead of me (following a long string of the same sort),
so this little respite from the pace was just the ticket. This evening, I’m
going to try to make some headway on
Georgia: The Haunting of Tate’s Mill, my
current Ameri-Scares novel-in-progress.
Till next time.
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| An all-but-dried-up waterfall |
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| Looking into one of the ravines |
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Why use a regulation bridge when you can cross on these?* *I opted for the regulation bridge. This time. |
