Pre-Hiking Trips

05-15-10, Billy Goat Section A - partial hike: Kip and I hiked a portion of the Billy Goat Trail - Section A.  After slightly starting on a wrong path (it has been easily 10 years since we came here) and came back up a erosion path, behind a trail closed fence we found the correct location.  Though the Bridge was washed out and we had to cross the stream.  Once through the path and onto we got to the rockier areas where once we climbed up we got some excellent views. 

 

After the hike, we got crabs and ate them with my sis and her hubby.

05-22-10, Patapsaco - After the Billy Goat experience the following weekend, somehow I convinced Kip to hike Patapsaco St. Park off landing rd, where there are some really nice bike trails maintained by the bikers, its been about 10 years since we've been there as well.  We started off on the blue trail, then to the Yellow trail, hitched the red for a brief stay and then back to yellow...after 2 hours I told kip I thought we could keep going but wasnt sure and the only way certian to get back would be the 2 hour trip back the way we came.  We did see some deer and cool, old, falling down stone buildings.  He was a trooper and we went all the way on and came back where I thought we would (he hasn't came hiking with me again yet! lol)

5-29-10, Patapsaco Reverse Hike Solo:  I hiked the reverse route that Kip and I hiked the previous weekend, though cut my hike short as it appeared it was about to storm and I wasnt set to get soaked.

There were these really neat old falling down houses and some old stone buildings in the woods that looked like old bath houses.

6-5-2010, Patapsaco other side of landing road (powerlines): On another day of patapsaco, Solo, this time I got there at 9 and hiked til 10:30 covering a pretty decent section of trail came across a neat area of woods and some deer which was cool.