Quite a few years ago, by way of geocaching (I know, what a shock, right?), I
discovered Cedar Ridge Trails in the Chatmoss neighborhood of Martinsville,
just a few miles from home. If I rightly recall, the trail system was at
least partially designed by my old friend, Jim Frith, who is a
long-time avid cyclist (he set a world record for jumping his bike over a row
of trash cans when we were in junior high school). Back in my earliest days of
geocaching, I hunted a geocache out at Cedar Ridge, and a short time later, I
placed a couple of my own out there.
I knew there was a great deal of the trail system I hadn't explored, even
after all these years, so this morning, I headed out there to check on my old
caches and scope out some locations where I might place a few new ones. After
verifying my two caches were in place and in decent condition, I decided to
venture out into the area of the Green Trail, which extends out to the west on
the map above. The terrain out there is rugged in places, and especially on
the Green Trail, it's quite beautiful, as you may deduce from the attached
photos. The temperature hadn't yet hit oppressive heights this morning, but
the humidity and mosquitoes were pretty monstrous (despite having covered
myself head to toe with bug spray). Regardless, I fit in about three and a
half miles, and found several enticing locations to place new caches.
I expect I'll be going out there again this week to set up the caches. I
haven't yet set foot on the Light Blue Trail, out to the east, so I'll have to
give that one a go on a future outing.
L: Old dude out in the woods somewhere; R: GPS track of my route along the trails
