8/1/13 Afternoon at Bear Branch Nature Center

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I went out to explore the Bear Branch Nature Center in Carrol County, Maryland.  The nature center is part of the bigger Hashawa Environmental Education Center.  This was a day in which the temperatures and humidity level had started out rather nice so I was looking forward to good weather as I explored the trails. Boomerang met me […]

The Tuesday Stomp! Little Bennett Regional Park 7/30/13

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Little Bennett Regional Park has a great trail system for both beginning and more experienced hikers.  Some of the trails are restricted to “hiker only”.  The majority can also be used for biking and horse riding.  Despite this, all of the trails are pretty well maintained by the friends of Little Bennett, http://www.friendsoflittlebennett.org/. Sidekick Pauli and […]

Sugarloaf Mountain 7/25/13

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Oh! The orange trail is the most fun at Sugarloaf! But I am getting ahead of myself… At 6 pm I was sitting in my car at the Urbana park & ride waiting for Boomerang. Commuters were returning from the Washington, D.C. Area in cars, vans and busses. Everyone was moving, in transition from the […]

Humpday Hike @ C&O Canal 7/24/13

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Ever have that feeling you have to get out in the middle of the week even though you don’t really have the energy to do it… That was today.  I got home from work at 4:30 pm.  Fed the pack, then hemmed and hawed over whether it was worth it to drive in rush hour […]