These last few weeks have been extremely busy for most of us because we have been planning and preparing for Deb's 50th birthday cruise. So, the day before our cruise on April 5th, Rob, Bob, and I went for a hike and this is how that went...
We met at the corner of RT2, 201, and Ryder Rd at about 8am on Saturday morning and we started hiking pretty much right away toward Wyassup Lake, to our east. We walked up Ryder Rd for a short bit and headed into the woods following the blue trail markings up a short hill and continued on a fairly quick pace. There really wasn't much to slow us down except for the wet terrain and the overflowing stream beds. We all walked across the streams, trying not to get wet, but I was the most cautious one of the bunch. This trail, without question, exhibits some of the most challenging stream crossings in our adventures so far. One of these days, one of us is going to slip or fall in and get very wet. But that did not happen that day.
We eventually did our loop-d-loop at Wyassup Lake and rushed back to our starting point. Rob kept an extremely fast pace, (especially toward the end) as he led a 6.9 mile hike in about 2 hours and 31 minutes. I believe I remember that those were the final stats. This hike was one of the fastest hikes on record.
See everyone next week!
Joe
