Sometimes we like to go on all-day adventures, and sometimes we just feel like mini-adventuring. Today was a mini-adventure day. The beautiful Mrs. K and I took a look at the All Trails app and came up with this nature area right down in Arnold. We had passed by this gem a couple times while riding road bikes from the shop. It seemed like the perfect place to take the Hound Dog for a good hike.
The kiosk at the trailhead seemed straight forward enough. In reality, the red signs taper off once you get far enough back and you just have to wing it. So, we did.
The trail immediately descends down a gravel double-track path. Very pretty with the sun coming through the trees, warming us up a bit.
The gravel double-track gave way to a powerline cut, Pretty dramatic scenery, not what we expected.
And down again we went until the trail bottomed at a series of creek beds. Remi had a blast in the water, of course. He was quick to get out, though, as the water was COLD.
More cool creek shots. If you look closely, the white tree center-left is growing right out of a crack in the rock.
From the creeks, we went almost straight up. Quite a workout, actually. The hill topped out at a wonderful little pond. A closer look reveals a bench on the far side of the pond.
Up and down and up and down the trail went. Creeks at the bottom of most of the hills. All told, it was right at 2 miles and 260 feet of climbing. As I said, it's a bit of a workout. In reality, most of the workout was from Remi. He's the hardest dog to walk. He is either pulling hard or stopping indefinitely to sniff something. He actually pulled me to the ground one time, albeit slowly. Our new life mission: tame the Hound Dog!
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