I made it to the fifth and final hike in the series –
Shawnee Lookout.
The temperatures weren’t too bad but the trails were snow
covered and a challenge to hike through.
The snow was not crunchy or slippery, but rather slushy. It was very difficult to walk on because your
foot would sink in a little when you stepped down and then mush in some more
when you tried to push off. It was like
walking in loose sand.
The Hamilton County Parks will be holding a make-up hike for
Woodland Mound (hike number four, the one that everybody missed last
week). Apparently, I was not the only
one to realize that the roads were too hazardous to drive. They actually cancelled the event about an
hour before the start because they could not get the roads into the park
cleared. This winter has been crazy with
the amount of snowfall in the region!
I won’t make it to the make-up because I’ll be in Costa
Rica! That’s right, I’m heading for the tropics and I can’t wait. Enough pictures of snow; stay tuned for
pictures of toucans and parrots and lots and lots of beautiful green foliage.
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