Thursday, December 1, 2011

Eastatoe Creek Heritage Preserve

Thursday, December 1 met the hiking club and Mandy for a hike in the Eastatoe Creek Heritage Preserve in Pickens County, SC .  It was an absoulutly beautiful day, probably reach 55 by lunch.  The trail is relatively easy for most of the way, but drops precipitously down into the gorge for its last .5 miles.  The switchbacks makes the going a bit easier and the stairs were quite helpfull on both the descends and ascends.  I'm so glad I got to spend some time with Mandy today.  It's not often we get to spend time together with just the two of us.  Once we reached the riverside, we had a pleasant picinic lunch on one of the boulders and then it was time to head back. I believe the total trip was 5.5 miles.  I think this is the longest I've ever hiked, so far, and I'm sure it was a little boring for Mandy, but  she seemed to enjoy all the folks and the hike and they were equally pleased to have a youngster among the group.  I didn't mention the waterfall......the pictures will tell it all.  Looking forward to our next hiking adventure next Tuesday and Thursday.  Might even visit Mandy in Asheville for a run next week...lol     Hopefully, just a nice hike in the Smokies without any bears.

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